1. In this poem it begins with him going to the river to sit on the bank. While there he makes a big decision to end his life, this will begin the setting of the message behind the story. On his second attempt he is going to make a attempt to end his life by jumping off a building but he does not go through with this either. With these first attempts he tried to end his life although later he discovered that in fact he didn't want to end his life. In fact he did love life, he just needed to find his reason to live.
2. He sank to the bottom of the lake because he was attempting suicide. This being his main intervention did not happen because the water was so cold. I feel he did not really want to drown although he did make the attempt.…show more content… In my opinion the rising action of this story would be his attempts at suicide. Joined by the more than one attempt it took to get to the climax. I believe this is the rising action because these attempts are leading him to decide that he does want to live. Although it took these things to happen before he could realize it it still was what he needed to get to where he should be. Without the rising action he would of never seen the reason and the story would of never occurred.
4. The climax in this story is when he decides that in fact he does want to live. This is the major turn in the story where before he thought he wanted death. Although unknowingly he subconsciously did not want that he was just at a low point in life. It took him those close calls to realize what he did want. This is the climax because this the change of mind and changes his life.
5. The falling action would be after he has changed his mind and he is sitting there. After his change of mind he is sitting trying to regather himself and come to terms with what has transpired. As he is sitting there is when you can tell a change of tone and vision. One can tell the difference between the despair he once felt and now. He has chon to live on and change his life for a
