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The exposition is the beginning part of a story. It is where we meet...

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:40:05 PST

The exposition is the beginning part of a story. It is where we meet the characters, find out the setting, and get the background about the story line. It is the material that sets up whatever will be the central conflict in a story. After the exposition, you have a rising action. After that comes the climax, falling action, and then resolution. Hope this helps!

What comes after the exposition and what is exposition?

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:46:08 PST

What comes after the exposition and what is exposition?

What is the difference between the climax and the crisis in this book?

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:38:03 PST

What is the difference between the climax and the crisis in this book?

Quotes which are important because they represent major themes in the...

Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:20:41 PST

Quotes which are important because they represent major themes in the book are:"You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening..." ("Moonlight").Purvis says this as Jessie is being taken to the slave ship. Jessie is only thirteen, but as Purvis observes, he is not too young to see the harsh truths of life; his not knowing about them will not make them any less real."You have no idea...

Important Quotes from "Slave Dancer"?

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:30:46 PST

List 5 short quotes in "Slave Dancer" you think are important.

Provide a reason for why you chose that quote. Share your opinion...

at what point is Jessie's main conflict resolved?

Sat, 10 May 2008 19:38:45 PST

at what point is Jessie's main conflict resolved?

yes, Jesse got home. It was all because of old man Daniel helped them...

Mon, 5 May 2008 16:37:44 PST

yes, Jesse got home. It was all because of old man Daniel helped them escape!

did Jessie get home??

Mon, 5 May 2008 16:24:54 PST

did Jessie get home??

Cawthorne uses a ruse in order to land safely in Cuban waters by...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:23 PST

Cawthorne uses a ruse in order to land safely in Cuban waters by cunningly changing the flags as needed. In the chapter titled "The Spaniard," Jessie describes how the trick was accomplished:"Three days after leaving the island, the Spanish flag flew from The Moonlight, giving us, declared Purvis, the right to anchor in Cuban waters..."We're a Spanish ship now," he said, "and no American warship will take the...

As the ship nears Cuban waters, how does Captain Cawthorne manage to get...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:33:55 PST

As the ship nears Cuban waters, how does Captain Cawthorne manage to get the right to anchor in "The Slave Dancer"?

Jesse returns home to his mother and sister, but his experiences make it...

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:45:00 PST

Jesse returns home to his mother and sister, but his experiences make it impossible to settle into his life as it was before; he will be forever haunted by images of the slave trade. Hoping to avoid anything having to do with that institution, Jesse becomes an apothecary and moves to Rhode Island, where there are no slaves. There he lives an uneventful life, but he misses the South where he grew up, and he wonders what became of Ras, but...

What happens at the very end of the book The Slave Dancer?

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:38:11 PST

What happens at the very end of the book The Slave Dancer?

Jessie is kidnapped from the docks in New Orleans. Jessie is put on...

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:46:31 PST

Jessie is kidnapped from the docks in New Orleans. Jessie is put on board the Moonlight and one-by-one he meets the crew (as does the reader) that he will be spending the next four months with. The egg is stolen, the little girl is thrown overboard, Jessie is whipped, and finally the ship sinks.

A story within a story. One is the tale of life on a slave ship...

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:26:48 PST

A story within a story. One is the tale of life on a slave ship from the moment they leave port in the United States and the tortuous journey back with the cargo of human life treated worse than animals. The other is the story of a young boy finding a way to survive the environment of the slave ship among the crew who have become desensitized to the horrors Jessie must endure.

The Slave Dancer is historically correct in all aspects of the...

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:19:22 PST

The Slave Dancer is historically correct in all aspects of the novel. The Bight of Benin is a bay on the Western coast of Africa and is known for its association in slave trade. The description of life on a slave ship closely matches any information found describing the horrific conditions and life on-board a slave ship. All of the crew did profit from the capture and delivery of the slaves. The slave trade was illegal in...

What happens in the rest of the story from The Bight of Benin to the end?

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:55:19 PST

What happens in the rest of the story from The Bight of Benin to the end?

What are some major events in the book The Slave Dancer and in which...

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:06:44 PST

What are some major events in the book The Slave Dancer and in which order do they take place?

The conflict of this story is man vs. self. The story deals with...

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:03:50 PST

The conflict of this story is man vs. self. The story deals with Jessie's realization that she was kidnapped as a young child and her family is not actually her own. She has many interactions and even problems with different characters throughout the story, but the plot is dominated with her attempt to deal with what happened to her. Her struggle with herself to cope and understand is what moves the plot forward, and is therefore the...

What is the conflict of the story "The Slave Dancer"?

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:25:40 PST

What is the conflict of the story "The Slave Dancer"?

The little slave girl, the first to be brought on board the ship, died...

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 00:50:06 PST

The little slave girl, the first to be brought on board the ship, died during the night and was flung into the sea, "her eyes...open, staring at nothing...foam...dried about her mouth". It would seem she suffered from some sort of fit or convulsions before she died. It is possible that, being young and frail, she contracted an infection or disease from the barbaric conditions on the ship, or perhaps the extreme trauma of being...