"Loser" by Aimee Bender Analysis

Analyze "Loser" by Aimee Bender: plot, characters, and structure.

What happened to the young man's parents? They drowned. They abandoned him. They were kidnapped. They were in a car accident. The neighbors discover the boy's talent when he finds: Leonard his parents a hairbrush the Green Star What helps the young man find Leonard? the Green Star the boy's shirt the waves the trees Match the characters to their descriptions. young man able to find things and people Leonard young boy who gets lost appreciative ones believed in the young man's talent skeptics did not believe in the young man's talent Mrs. Allen Leonard's mom Plot Diagram The plot diagram is a way to visually see the story's events laid out in order - label the parts of plot from the words below:climax - the turning point of the storyrising action - complications arise and cause conflict; tension starts to buildfalling action - the story starts to wrap upexposition - the beginning of the story that establishes setting, conflict, and charactersresolution - how the story ends exposition rising action climax falling action resolution Plot Identification Identify the events of the story by matching it to the corresponding section of plot. Exposition The young man is orphaned as a boy when his parents drown. Rising Action The neighbors discover the young man can find things that have been lost; he helps find things for his neighbors. Climax Mrs. Allen's son, Leonard, doesn't come home from school right away. The young man is called and is able to find the boy. Falling Action The young man returns the boy to his home. Resolution The young man lays in his bed and thinks about being able to find his parents.