But theres nothing difficult about the individual parts. Her oldest brother, davey, is a soldier serving in the confederate army. Swank and jones are sensational tommy lee joness western about a womans lot on the wild frontier refuses to sugarcoat its subject, and is all the more satisfying for it. This pack includes three handy worksheets that you can use to teach and practice understanding of plot. A plot diagram is a tool that is commonly used to organize a story into certain segments. Sir, mr pendaski other characters stanleys mom and dad, lawyer, other inmates setting camp green lake,1998. Set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Writing a book summary may seem simple if you take that to mean simply regurgitating the events within a story. What are the major works that can help the writer in this task.
This video covers freytags pyramid, a basic diagram that can be applied to the plots of most stories. The west, as seen in the homesman, is an unforgiving place, with flashes of stark and nightmarish beauty. A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. Mar 06, 1988 the homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. She goes to the ocotillo ball by herself and has a blast. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones.
After reading the wonderful article, how to creat a plot outline in 8 easy steps, i am wondering if the 8 plot elements can be drawn in the form of a diagram. The frontier of the old west has rarely been evoked as a more miserable, barren land than it is in this melancholy novel by the author of the shootist. Here is a way for students to create a book report from a piece of white a4 paper. Plot diagram of the book thief the book thief, book burning. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader. The starting point would be the protagonist experiencing an inciting incident and the conclusion would be either the story. Setting is hugely important in sold, mostly because of what the setting represents to lakshmi and what each change in setting brings to the story. The homesman 2014 plot summary 1 three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independentminded mary bee cuddy, who in turn employs lowlife drifter george briggs to assist her.
This book is long and it isnt the sort of read you can power through in one sitting well, unless you have a lot of coffee and can function on no sleep. Nov, 2014 in the homesman, a most unromantic american west hilary swank and tommy lee jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film. Best books on plot structure one of the fundamental tasks of any writer is to create great plots. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from. The journey in tommy lee jones the homesman, based on the 1988 novel by glendon swarthout, travels from west to east, from the unmarked nebraska territory to a town in iowa. This video explains how to fill out a plot diagram for the three little pigs. However, its important to not only discuss the events of a story but also demonstrate understanding of how the events are interrelated and driven by the characters involved. Nov, 2014 whats worrisome in the homesman is that he takes distressing twists, like briggss revenge on the realestate man, and makes them more brutal than they have to be. One of swarthouts skeletons, the old colts, the melodeon, etc.
Complete summary of glendon swarthouts the homesman. In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. Many students tend to simply retell the story, reporting numerous. The writing allows for quick reading though translation. Falling action stargirl accepts the fact that leo can not love her for who she is. I purchased the book on amazon cheaper and read it in about three sittings. You do it by breaking down the plotting process into smaller steps. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Brown gives his final precept,just follow the day and reach for the sun. Because book two is all middle, and we know how tough those can be. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson. When three women living on the edge of the american frontier are driven to the brink, the task of saving them from their surroundings falls to independentminded mary bee cuddy swank. The homesman was first printed in 1988, and is highly worthy of its 2014 rerelease. Exposition protagonist stanley, zero antagonist warden, mr. Apr 17, 2017 when teachers ask students to write book reports, they want the readers to think about what they have written. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds.
Visually, this film is stunning, and not just on the plains. Plot is the thing that allows you to pour your heart and soul into a novel without sending your readers to sleep. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. The homesman is a remarkable western delving into numerous social issues all but ignored by other films of the genre such as the role of marriage, the churchs role in society, womens role in. Plot is the nittygritty that gives your characters something to do.
Once the parts of the plot diagram are identified, it is easier to analyze the content. A book report acts not to retell the story but to discuss some of the important elements of the story such as character, themes and plot. Hell, you might even be angry, like many audiences were with the underappreciated the grey. It was a what an odd and ultimately disappointing read this was. I dont understand the ending of the movie and was wondering if anyone else can shed some light on the rest of the movie after tommy lee jones drops off the three women. This book, the homesman, caught my eye at costco because of the cover.
Nov 22, 2017 finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. The plot diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. Get an answer for what is a plot diagram for night. Mary bee cuddy is a 30ish spinster, tough as nails but yearning for a man, who has set up a nice homestead out near the town of loup, in oklahoma territory. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman 2014.
A plot as a whole may be complicated enough to make your head spin. Plot structures for books in a series ensure your plot structure will grab the readers attention when writing a book series, it is important to keep plot structures in mind. Its an unusual story about four women who loose their minds after a hard winter in the nebraska territory in the 1850s. The homesman is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. Youd be shocked at how many people leave this step of creating a plot out of their story. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. His characters are heartwrenchingly believable because they are drawn from truelife pioneer experiences. By identifying and understanding the plot, the reader is able to understand the message being conveyed by the author, and the explicit or implicit moral of the story. When we trace what happens to lakshmi, we realize that setting helps drive the plot and how she changes throughout the novel. How to write a plot for a book report pen and the pad. In the homesman 2014, mary bee hilary swank was the antithesis of a regular woman in 1850. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones, the homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s american west. But i cant think of a recent film that ends like the homesman.
Swarthouts prose and plot flow like the swirling missouri river, deceptively smooth but with dangerous undercurrents. Its setup, but not in the bad too much exposition way. Turn homeward, hannalee tells a story of a twelveyearold mill worker in roswell, georgia. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. She employs a feisty lowlife drifter, george biggs jones, to join her. It is a reverse trajectory of the typical western path, the wildness of the prairies and plains reverting, startlingly, to a tame village perched on the edge of the placid missouri river. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories. Now well discuss something everyone gets fired up about. Three women have lost their minds in the homesman, but honestly, everyone you meet in the film is slightly crazy, the homesman most of all.