Something Funny: Story Analysis.

Biography:

Elizabeth Van Steenwyk is an American writer of books for young people and children. She began to write when she was ten years old. She has won some awards for his stories as: the Texas Bluebonnet Award and Vermont´s Rebecca Caudill Award. Some of his works are: First Dog Fala, Prairie Christmas, When Abraham Talked to the Trees, Maggie in the Morning, among others.

Summary:

Janey was waiting for Bill in her house. And she was thinking about she was getting tired of him, because he is not interesting. When Bill arrived on Janey’s house they went to a party. On the travel Bill told Janey her weird dream about a tornado, flying saucer and strange people with three eyes. Finally, Janey was tired of being with him and to be someone else. Then, she shows her third eye at the middle of her forehead like the strange people in the Bill´s dream.

Plot analysis:

 *Conflict: Janey was tired of Bill because he is not interesting.

*Rising actions:

 1) Janey wants to tell Bill that she doesn´t want to be with him anymore.

2) Janey and Bill went to a party.

3) Bill tells Janey about her weirdest dream.

*Climax: Janey was tired of being with Bill, she shows her third eye.

*Resolution: Bill´s being remplaced.

Characterization:

Bill´s Physical and Psychological Characteristics:

* Bill has short, dark and spiky hair.

*According to Janey Bill is a bit boring, he loves to watch “Star Wars” movies maybe because he is interested in flying saucers and spaceships, and he has a good imagination according the dream that he had.

Janey´s Physical and Psychological Characteristics:  

*Janey has short hair and she has three eyes.

*Janey is someone false. She always hid the truth to Bill. She is impatient with Bill.

The Irony:

The irony is present in Janey, because she pretends to be someone else in the whole story, and at the end of the story she shows her true self.

My opinion:

I like this story because I think the story shows something different and interesting. The must interesting is that the story has an unpredictable end. Nobody can imagine that Janye was an alien. And this end could leave the readers surprised.