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THE WAY UP TO HEAVEN

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Main character Mrs. Foster

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Sub-characters

Mr. Foster, her husband their daughter, Ellen

PLOT CLIMAX

EXPOSITION

RESOLUTION

PLOT

EXPOSITION 

Mrs. Foster has a pathological fear of being late. Whenever she is in danger of missing a train or plane or an engagement, a tiny muscle near her eye begins to twitch. The worst part is that her husband, Mr. Eugene Foster, seems to torment her by making sure that they always leave the house one or two minutes past the point of safety. On this particular occasion Mrs. Foster is leaving to visit her daughter and grandchildren in Paris for the first time ever, and she's frantic to think that she'll miss her flight. By the time her husband finally s her at the car, she's too far behind schedule. Luckily the flight is postponed till the next day, and Mr. Foster persuades her to come home for the night.

CLIMAX 

When she's ready to leave the next day, though, her husband suggests that they drop him off at his club on the way. Knowing this will make her late, she protests in vain. Just before the car leaves, he runs back in the house on the pretense of picking up a gift he forgot for his daughter. While he's gone Mrs. Foster discovers the gift box shoved down between the seat cushions. She runs up to the house to tell him that she has the gift... and suddenly she pauses. She listens. She stays frozen for 10 seconds, straining to hear something. Then she turns and runs to the car, telling the driver that they're too late and her husband will have to find another ride. She makes her flight and has a wonderful visit with her grandchildren.

RESOLUTION 

She writes her husband every week and sends him a telegram before she flies home six weeks later. He's not at the airport to meet her though, and when she enters the house (after taking a taxi home) she notices a curious odor in the air. Satisfied, she enters her husband's study and calls the elevator repairman. It had jammed and she left him to die there!

THEME 

Bad relationship between a husband and a wife

The story shows that when Mrs. Foster was in hurry to visit her daughter’s family in Paris but her husband always try to be late by pretending forgot to bring the present.

SETTINGS PLACE  Home  Airport  Paris  Club  Elevator  Study room

HOME The

place where Mrs. Foster and her husband live together.

AIRPORT The

place where she was waiting for her flight.

PARIS The

place where her daughter and grandchildren live.

CLUB The

place where her husband wants to drop off.

ELEVATOR The

place where her husband had stuck and died.

STUDY ROOM The

place where Mrs. Foster called the repairman and was waiting for him (the repairman) to come.

TIME Morning Evening

Night

MORAL VALUES 

Respect each other

o For example, Mr. Foster should consider his wife’s feeling by avoiding being late every time.  Good o

communication

For example, Mr. and Mrs. Foster should have a good communication in order to have a good relationship

MORAL VALUES  

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Concern and love Mrs. Foster does not show her concern and love towards her husband as she ignored her husband’s scream for help until he died in the elevator.

TONE AND MOOD   

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Sad Happy Cruel Selfish Cold-blooded

POINT OF VIEW 

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We must respect each other, especially for the husband and wife. We must be punctual to get done with everything smoothly. We must concern and care for others. Husband and wife must always be together no matter in good or bad situation.

PERSONAL RESPONSE 

The assumption that we make is that Mrs. Foster heard and ignored her husband's frantic screams for help, the implication being that he was getting stucked in an elevator in a house that will be unoccupied for the next month-and-a-half - and, of course, is now a rotting corpse. The clue is in the final sentence of the story: "She replaced the receiver and sat there at her husband's desk, patiently waiting for the man who would be coming soon to repair the lift."