The Plot

Speaking about the plot, it’s worth saying that the events of this story are very unpredictable. The story starts with the exposition, where the author presents us the protagonist, Connie, 15-year-old girl, who lives with her parents and her sister. She is very pretty, but light-headed girl. She doesn’t reach an understanding with her family and spends her time with her best friend visiting different cinemas and meeting boys.

The development of the story depict Connie gets acquainted with a stranger who calls himself Arnold Friend.  He invites Connie for a little ride and starts threatening her in making some harm to her family if she refuses.

The climax is when the girl at last attempts to save herself and calls the police, because it’s the most emotional part of the story. As for the anticlimax, it’s when the author describes Connie’s emotional devastation after the unsuccessful attempt to call the police and her absolute obedience to Arnold’s will.

It’s necessary to say, that the author manages to present the main idea of the story and the characters with the help of dialogues between Connie and Arnold, to which the most part of the story is given.