Man from the South

-plot
-introduction 
-conflict (man vs man/man vs himself) (internal/external)
-rising action
-climax
-falling action
-denouement
-Character
- protagonist (main character)
- antagonist (force opposing the main character) 
-static (remains the same)
-round (complex with many characteristics) 
- flat (single or simple characteristics) 
- stock character (stereotype) 
- dynamic (changes throughout)
-Setting
-atmosphere
-time
- place
Theme
Point of View
-first person
-third person (omniscient, limited omniscient, objective/limited)  
Foreshadowing

An american sailor is confronted by a Jamaican man and is asked if he wanted to make a bet. There are many conflicts in this story. The first main conflict is man vs man which is between the american sailor and the Jamaican man making a bet. The other main conflict is man vs himself which is the american sailor wondering if he should take the bet because it is risky. The third main conflict is also man vs himself, it is the author wondering if he should step in and tell the american sailor that he shouldn't take the bet. The event leading up to the climax are the sailor agrees to the bet the Jamaican man takes him up to his room but first asks the author if he could referee the bet, The author agrees and a British girl hanging out with the sailor also agreed to come to the room. The bet is if the lighter will light the cigar 10 times straight the sailor will get the Cadillac but if it doesn't light 10 times the Jamaican man gets to cut off the sailors left pinky finger. The climax is when the boy has lit the cigar 8 times and a women steps into the room and grabs the Jamaican man and apologizes for letting him do this. The falling action is her telling them that the Jamaican man is crazy, She said "He is a menace," the woman said. "Down where we live at home he has taken altogether forty-seven fingers from different people, and he has lost eleven cars. In the end they threatened to have him put away somewhere. That's why I brought him up here."  The characters are the Author, the american sailor (protagonist, dynamic), the Jamaican man (antagonist, stock), the British girl (flat), and the Jamaican mans wife/girlfriend/friend/caretaker (static). Setting is at 6 o'clock in Jamaica at hotel swimming pool. It is busy at the pool. The Theme is to not gamble with strangers. The point of view is first person( of the author). The foreshadowing is when the boy lit his cigarette and the authors cigarette and he thought to himself that he could win this bet and how bad can it be to lose his pinky finger. The Denouement is when the Jamaican mans caretaker tells everyone that the Cadillac he was betting was hers.