SETTING PLACE: local basketball court; Justin’s house

MOOD: devastation and optimistic

POINT OF VIEW: the point of view is the perspective of how Justin overcame his
despair and the devastation when his right knee was injured. The narrator speaks in
third-person point of view as he narrates the story about Justin
CHARACTERS MAJOR: Justin; Kiki
MINOR: random guys from another block; Justin’s cousin; the doctor
PLOT A. EXPOSITION
While Justin is playing basketball at the local court, some guys from another block
came up and asked Justin to play with them.
B. RISING ACTION
As Justin went for lay up one of his opponents shoved him that result an injury on
his right knee. For six weeks, he just laid on his bed watching and eating. His sister
Kiki came home right when he reached the bottom of the pit of despair and
devastation.
C. CLIMAX
Bringing a whirl of sunshine and telling exciting tales about college life, Justin was
amazed and intrigued about the stories that her sister told her. to improve his
progress report his sister Kiki helped him with his studies and he felt better then
before.
D. FALLING ACTION
With Justin’s improvement, he passed all his classes and scored well on the ACT to
get into college.
E.RESOLUTION
After he applied to different universities, he decided to enroll on the sunniest
university in Hawaii.
THEME Perseverance and determination

ACTIVITY 2

1. WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST AND WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST?

The protagonist in the story is Juan while the antagonist is Rick because he always contradicts or doesn’t
agree on Juan.

2. IS RICK A DYNAMIC CHARACTER OR STATIC?

Rick is a static character because he does not change significantly.

3. IS JUAN A DYNAMIC OR A ROUND CHARACTER?

Juan is a dynamic character because he has an important inner change.

5. IS JUAN A ROUND CHARACTER OF FLAT CHARACTER?

Juan is a round character because as stated on the context he is a good hardworking man and mature
enough to not argue with unnecessary things.