Imagine if you saw your dad only once and he gave you something which was a card for your tenth birthday. This is exactly what happened to the main character in the book "The Card" by James Ross. Mickey, the main character was curious most of the story because he wanted to know why his dad had put a quote in his tenth birthday card that said "no one's got your back"(2). The short story "The Card" follows the Comedy mode of literature through its plot line, characteristics, symbolism and the lesson.
In the story "The Card" by James Ross the plot line follows the comedic mode of literature. "The Card" starts off with normal everyday life. Mickey the main character and his family were sitting around the table talking about their day. However the story leads into a conflict when Mickey wants to know more about his dad and his mom won't tell him anything. Now the only way Mickey can get information about his father is through his sister. Soon the conflict is realized fully when Mickey discovers that the only words from his father are words of advice: "no one's got your back"(2). When Mickey's mother has found a new boyfriend and Mickey knows he is not a good person and has problems, he cannot convince his mom to believe him. That is when he then realized that his father was right all along. After that the conflict was resolved by Mickey finally convinced his mother that her boyfriend was bad. Finally Mickey and his family are back at their table talking about their day which ends the story with normalcy.
Although the plot line was important the characteristics and symbolism is just important. Two characteristics in a comedy are realism and is the main character in control. This story was realistic. One reason is because there is nothing really odd and lots of people have parents that are divorced. The main character is in control in that he could solve all his problems with almost no help. There also was some symbolism in this story a few of them are that this story took place in the summer time. Also in this story the family was around the kitchen table.
As you can see the comedic mode of literature was very clear. This story easily followed the plot line, characteristics and the symbolism to easily prove this mode of literature. The lesson of this story was a good one and we need to know that no one has your back for you even sometime you can’t even trust your family that is a scary thought.
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