Father's Arcane Daugher
"Father 's Arcane Daughter" Written by: E.L. Konigsburg Setting " a) The story is set in a small town outside of Pittsburgh named Sewickley, Pennsylvania. The family being dealt with throughout the story is well known in their town and are quite wealthy. The story takes place in the year of 1952 but is being retold twenty years later.
Plot " a) One of the major subplots that take place in the story is the supposed daughter 's love for her father. Martha Sedgewick meets Mr. Carmichael when she is tending his ex- mother-in-law in a nursing home. She immediately falls in love with him after seeing him lonely at the funeral home. She knows that she will never be able to have him for a husband, for he is married with two children. After pondering and studying the situation for a while, she discovers a guaranteed plan. Martha decides that she will become Mr. Carmichael 's long lost daughter who was assumed dead in a fire where four bodies that were recovered and were unable to be identified. This way, she could always be in his life until the day he dies.
Another major subplot that takes place in the story is the real identity of Mr. Carmichael 's daughter. Caroline is the name of Mr. Carmichael 's daughter, and when she first comes back home, her stepmother puts her through a series of tests. These tests include knowing specific dates and persons. The mother, Grace, does this in an indirect way. Instead of her directly asking one by one if she knew this person or remembered this day, every now and then, for about a month, when someone 's name came up, Grace would see if Caroline would remember that person. The fact that Caroline is really Martha Sedgewick does not come out until the end of the story.
b) The best definition of climax that fits this story is that the climax is "the highest point." The climatic moment is when we find out if Winston will ever be freed from his little sister, Emily. Throughout the whole story, Winston is tied down to his little sister
Plot " a) One of the major subplots that take place in the story is the supposed daughter 's love for her father. Martha Sedgewick meets Mr. Carmichael when she is tending his ex- mother-in-law in a nursing home. She immediately falls in love with him after seeing him lonely at the funeral home. She knows that she will never be able to have him for a husband, for he is married with two children. After pondering and studying the situation for a while, she discovers a guaranteed plan. Martha decides that she will become Mr. Carmichael 's long lost daughter who was assumed dead in a fire where four bodies that were recovered and were unable to be identified. This way, she could always be in his life until the day he dies.
Another major subplot that takes place in the story is the real identity of Mr. Carmichael 's daughter. Caroline is the name of Mr. Carmichael 's daughter, and when she first comes back home, her stepmother puts her through a series of tests. These tests include knowing specific dates and persons. The mother, Grace, does this in an indirect way. Instead of her directly asking one by one if she knew this person or remembered this day, every now and then, for about a month, when someone 's name came up, Grace would see if Caroline would remember that person. The fact that Caroline is really Martha Sedgewick does not come out until the end of the story.
b) The best definition of climax that fits this story is that the climax is "the highest point." The climatic moment is when we find out if Winston will ever be freed from his little sister, Emily. Throughout the whole story, Winston is tied down to his little sister