Towers Falling Plot DIagram
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Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
By Lauren Ayube
Ten year old Deja is starting fifth grade at a new school. Things are tough at home: Pop is always sick and sad, Ma is always at work, and Deja is always taking care of her little brother and sister while Pop is asleep. Her new school is different from anywhere else Deja has been, and the education of recent history that Deja receives will change her life and the lives of her friends and family forever.
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- TITLE
- EXPOSITION
- This year marks the 15th anniversary of September 11th.
- September 11th, 2001
- What happened??
- RISING ACTION
- Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- CLIMAX
- Deja and her family recently moved into a homeless shelter. It's a new school year at Deja's new school in Brooklyn, and her teacher tells the class that they will be learning about September 11th, 2001. Deja has no idea what happened that day. Everything changes when she finds out.
- FALLING ACTION
- Pop, you are a hero. You are MY hero.
- Deja and Ben watch a video of the attack on the Twin Towers. Deja cannot believe that she had no idea about any of it, and she decides to go through Pop's suitcase that he takes with him everywhere. The contents suggest that Deja's father experienced 9/11 first hand.
- RESOLUTION
- History impacts all of us.
- Deja and Ben skip school and take the subway to Manhattan. They visit the September 11th Memorial and Deja meets people who are grieving the loss of their loved ones memorialized at the site.
- When Deja gets home, her father is worried but not mad. He tells Deja about everything about his 9/11 experience. He tells her about his guilt and the physical and emotional toll that the day has taken on him. Deja tells Pop that he is a hero. He is her hero.
- Deja and her family begin to form a more open and honest bond. They will be moving out of the shelter and into subsidized housing. Deja's eyes have opened to the importance and relevance of history and how it impacts all people in one way or another.
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