Release

Story: Release

Conflict	· Conflict : (internal) Eileen’s desire to complain to the neighbours and the habit of ignoring the situation. The evidence is, “tried as hard as possible not to notice anything about her neighbours”. The disturbance has made her take actions like when she decided to call up the SPCA to complain about the situation. (pg 144-145)
Climax	Eileen decides to call for help from the SPCA and the police. This is where the suspense and curiosity of the reader enters. We would feel excited as we would want to find out what happens next.
Resolution	Open ended We didn’t know what happens to the dogs that it became quiet in the neighbourhood. And, how would the new neighbours react to Elaine’s actions.

Characters

Elaine	Sensitive (gets angry easily, pg 141) Caring (gentle with children, pg 143-144)
Philip	Sarcastic (about the laundry, pg 141) Easy going (gives in alot , pg 141-142)
Neighbours	Disrespectful (rude to Elaine) Inconsiderate (leaves the dogs by themselves)

Most interesting segment:

I believe the most interesting segment in the story is when the kind gentleman offers to help Elaine. I wonder what he did that made the puppies quiet. This makes me curious as it wasn’t stated in the story. It also makes me wonder if there may be something bad about that guy as,’ what he did to the puppies’?