The Skating Party By Alyssa Mulcahy Amy Malmberg

The Skating Party By: Alyssa Mulcahy Amy Malmberg Sarah Bruinsma

What’s the Story about? Setting of the Story: Took place in Willow Bunch. A small town in the country. House was up on a hill(Stone Man hill) looking onto a lake. This gives the story a kind of relaxing mood. “Our house looked down on the lake. From the east window you could see it; a long sickle of blue, its banks hung with willow. Beyond was a wooded ridge. Which, like all such ridges in our part of the country, ran from northeast to southwest. . . I was eleven years old before I learned that the hill on which our house was built had once a name. It was called Stone Man Hill. ” pg. 186 -187

Main Characters �Nathan was both the protagonist and the antagonist �Uncle Nathan talkative, in love, knowledgeable, mournful Minor Characters �Maida (Static) Inquisitive, attentive, empathetic �Eunice (Dynamic) Smart, pretty, quiet, Delia’s Sis �Delia (Round) Energetic, pretty, young �Dobson Sykes (Flat) Old, friendly �Mom (Flat) Talkative, informative �Dad (Flat) Protective

Main Points of the Story Initial Incident- Uncle Nathan is telling Maida of his story about when he was in love; When in the story Uncle Nathan meets Delia and falls in love with her instantly. Rising Action- Uncle Nathan finds out that Delia is married and meets Eunice. He then settles and marries Eunice but still loves Delia. They have a skating party before getting married. Very dark out. Eunice and Delia get in a fight about Nathan.

Climax- When skating off to calm down, Delia and Eunice fall through the ice. Nathan and others go to save them but can’t see them very well. Nathan just grabbed a hand pulled up. He saves Delia but not Eunice. Exposition- Uncle Nathan explains to Maida what happened when trying to save the girls. He could not see their faces but he could see their hands. One had a furry white cuff but he reached for the other on purpose.

Character Dilemmas � Nathan- in love Delia � Delia- in love with Nathan � Eunice- Nathan’s love with Delia Character Changes � Eunice stands up for herself � Delia makes her feelings known Main conflict � Man vs. Self - Nathan was fighting with his feels for Delia and for his fiancé Eunice. At the end, it was a fight with himself on who to save