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Becca's Story
Becca 's Story by James D. Forman The Plot: Throughout the story there were several incidents of suspense that revealed the characters. One incident of suspense was when the Confederate army was fighting the Union army at the battle of Gettysburg. Their were brigades along the woods to hold the opposing army off. Alex and Charlie could do nothing but watch because it was such a spectacle. The others were advancing towards the boys and they were silently praying to themselves that they would stop before they reached them. They didn 't stop though and the boys had to charge. They were reloading, shooting, tearing cartridges with their teeth, and sheltering. The whole time they were being fired at and dodging the fire. By this time Colonel Steele was yelling for his men to follow him. Alex and Charlie lost each other at this point even though they promised Becca they would stick together. Alex ran around frantically looking for Charlie and screaming to him. He then got hit in the same wound that was hit in a previous battle. He passed out thinking of Charlie and their promise to Becca. He laid on the ground waiting for someone to realize he was still alive. But Charlie was not found and reported missing in action.

The Characterization: Becca 's Story was centered around three main characters. From 1859, when the story began, to 1866, when the story ended, Becca wrote mainly about these people.

Rebecca Frazer Case- when the book began she was fourteen years old. She had two boyfriends, Charlie and Alex, at that age they were all she really had to worry about. Although things changed when the Civil war started. Before the war all she worried about was which boy would take her to the dance. She was a proper young lady and dreamed of going back east to Brooklyn, her native land.

Charlie Gregory - He was one of Becca 's boyfriends. At the start of the story he was seventeen years old. At the start of the story he was lit by youth, curiosity, and the possibility of

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