The Leap

Key dramatic and rising action events in "The Leap" include Anna's daring trapeze performance during a lightning storm, her subsequent fall and rescue by her future husband, and the fire at her home...

In "The Leap," 14 significant events include the narrator's mother, Anna, losing her sight and the narrator moving home to care for her. The story's narration is the second event, followed by the...

In the short story "The Leap" by Louise Erdrich, Anna Avalon saves the seven-year-old narrator from a house fire by climbing an elm tree, leaping from the elm tree to the roof of the house, and then...

In "The Leap," the fire starts by the kitchen stove, likely caused by standing ash. The narrator suspects her father's forgetfulness and exhaustion led him to mistakenly empty hot ashes into...

The story "The Leap" illustrates several significant problems, including the narrator's mother's survival of a trapeze accident, her husband's death, and a house fire from which her mother rescues...

The fire in "The Leap" significantly impacts the narrator by providing a dramatic moment where her mother saves her life a third time. As a child, the narrator follows fire drill instructions but is...

After realizing there's a fire, the narrator, then seven years old, follows fire safety instructions learned at school. She does not open the door immediately, instead testing it for heat. Finding it...

At age seven, the narrator's life was saved by her mother during a house fire. The fire might have started from standing ash or creosote buildup. The babysitter, awake but unable to reach the...