"The Star" by Ester Claes

Imagine if were living in a world that was in war and you were a supper star. The main character in "The Star" by Esther Claes had experienced just that. Each day the world would get worse with sickness, diseases, and radiation poisoning would keep spreading though the whole country. More and more people were losing their homes because they could not pay for all the bills. This short story follows the tragic plot line through its plot line characteristics and lesson.

In the story "The Star" the first plot is the world is in conflict for the main character. The U.S. has started a war and is going towards LA where the main character, who I will call Chloe, lives. Following that the story leads into a rise to power which in this story is Chloe does not let the bad things ruin too much of her day. Next we discover a tragic flaw Chloe's parents are getting sick. Chloe is getting sacred, she does not want to be alone in the scary time. Soon the story comes to a tragic fall Chloe knows that her parents are sick and she does not want to believe it so when her parents are calling for her most likely for help she ignores the calls for help. Finally the story comes to an end with death or death symbolism Chloe gives up and falls asleep hoping that tomorrow will be back to normal with her agent getting a photo shot with a magazine for her. But who knows she may not wake up.

Although the plot line shows us how the story goes the characteristic help us just as much. One characteristic is that the main character is in control of her actions. Chloe is in control of that she is not going to listen to her parents. She will think that everything is alright but in reality it is not. The last characteristic is that the story is realistic. This story is defiantly realistic through all of its plots.

As you can see the short story "The Star" by Ester Claes follows the tragic mode of literature though its plot line, characteristics and lesson. The purpose of the story is to learn from others mistakes .

The lesson of this story is that no matter what happens you should make the best of it. Chloe knew that something was wrong and it was going to get worse but she just kept complaining and wouldn’t help or do anything.