Act 1 - Introduces the main character (a young autistic man called Joshua) and a clue to the part of the story.
He reviews his family tree to discover he has a relative who he's never seen: his father. He opens his box of personal stuff, which lies underneath the family tree and finds a blank envelope addressed to him with no stamp. He opens the envelope and finds that it is from his unseen father. I will then use Ellipsis (...) to cut from the man sitting in the chair to him putting on his coat ready to search for his father. This reduces time e.g. 30 minutes in real life, reduced to 3 seconds in the construction. Finally, he walks out the door and down the road towards his awaited destination. This is the catalytic moment for the first act, as this is preceded by the next course of the story.
Act 2 - The confrontation throughout copes with the idea of travel and also with the idea of depression, homelessness and psychological problems. He travels by plane to get to his fathers hometown, but is cut short due to a turbulent dilemma after the plane was extremely low on fuel. The passengers, including Joshua are escorted out of the plane to the departure lounge. However, Josh suddenly realizes that his wallet is left on the plane, leaving him devastated when he can't travel via a different plane to his destination. This left Josh without any money whatsoever, so he had to travel by foot and live without food, water or shelter. The confrontation continues when Josh has a mental breakdown and starts to look for company. Finally, he finds a big, white van with one of it's back doors open, so he jumps in to get a glimpse of hope towards reaching his father. This becomes the catalytic moment for the second act, when finally, he arrives at "journey's end".
Act 3 - The resolution of the plot is when Josh contacts his dad by phone to meet him at a particular place. He waits anxiously at a park bench to witness his father for the 1st time in living memory. In the distance, a man arrives, with a similar look to Josh, asking him about his identity. Josh reveals himself and then they start to get to know each other. Josh convinces his father to move back to Weston-super-Mare so he can spend a lot more time with him. The story ends with a famous quote, before the credits roll, saying:
“No love is greater than that of a father for his son.”
This quote is taken from 'Dan Brown' from the book, 'Angels & Demons'.
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