Making The Cut
EXPOSITION: The Story mostly takes place in NewYork City.
The storys time period is present day (no specific dates).
The charecters that get introduced are Chloe, Alex, Her mom, Her dad, Hunter, Jasmine, Missy,and Nina.
The Protagonist is Chloe
The Antagonist is Nina
CLIMAX: The turning point in the story is when one of the contestants cheats by bringing in his own mterial so he got kicked off.
There is a bigger chance that Chloe could be going home soon.
RISING ACTION: The problem is that Chloe want to win the competition but Nina will do everything she can to try to stop chloe from doing that.
The people involved are Nina, Missy, Jasmine, Hunter, And Chloe
The detail that further complicates the problem is that Nina gave her a bulky necklace and tried to make Chloe use it so she would loose.
FALLING ACTION: The solution in the story is carried out when Chloe stays in the competition even though someone got kicked off.
The difference is that there is now less people in the competition which makes more preasure on the contestants.
RESOLUTION: The problem was solved when Chloe won the whole competition.
The charecters that are happy at the end of the book is Chloe, her family, and Jake.
The charecter that is unhappy at the end of the story is Nina.
Number the Stars & Making the Cut
I read the book Number the Stars and Making the Cut. I found a similar theme in both of the books, the theme is responsibility. The theme is responsibility because in Number the Stars Annemarie has to take on the responsibility by making sure Ellen and her family is safe and not in danger. She has the responsibility of not telling anyone and being very welcome to Ellen. Also in the book Making the Cut Chloe has to be responsible and makes sure she doesn’t cheat and stop trying even if the work gets hard. She also has the responsibility of concentrating to make sure she stays in the competition.
Even though in both books there is a similar theme the authors approached presenting the theme in two different ways. For example in the book Making the Cut The author said throughout the book her responsibilities and if she wasn’t responsible the author told you what would happen. Another example is that if she isn’t responsible then she might lose the competition, also Nina is from where Chloe is from so she wants to be responsible by winning the competition for (her town). In Number the stars The Author took a totally different approach instead of telling you Annemarie’s responsibilities and what would happen she made you realize without telling you her responsibilities. For example If Annemarie didn’t succeed at keeping the secret and protecting Ellen and her family her best friend Ellen would be taken to a concentration camp. Without the authors help you can tell that it was a lot of responsibility put on Annemarie. Both books Making the Cut and Number the Stars have a similar theme the author’s just approach the theme in two different ways.
By: Emma Wehrle