1. BILL: Excuse me. Is this chair taken? BETTY: Excuse me? BILL: Is this taken? BETTY: Yes it is. BILL: Oh. Sorry. BETTY: Sure thing. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................BILL: Oh. [Bell.] Is this chair taken? BETTY: No it’s not. BILL: Would you mind if I sit here? BETTY: No. Go ahead. BILL: Thanks. [He sits.She continues reading.] Everyplace else seems to be taken. BETTY: Mm-hm. BILL: Great place. BETTY: Mm-hm. BILL: What’s the book? BETTY: I just wanted to read in quiet, if you don’t mind. BILL: No. Sure thing. The prolog started with a man approach a woman in the cafe. The man asked the woman if he can sit in her side. Then the woman permitted the man to sit in her side, and the story begin from here.
2. Betty: Betty's character is described as someone who is somewhat less attracted to strangers, but can become friendly after they talk.
3. Bill : Bill's characters like people who talk a lot, easy to get along and love to interact. In his conversation with betty, he often tries to start the conversation by making small talk and tries to get closer to betty
4. Prologue
5. Characters
6. Setting (Place and Time) : New York City, in 1988
7. Literary Devices
8. Tone of the Story : Overall Comedic, and a bit romance in the end
9. Genre : Romantic Comedy
10. Point of View : Third Person
11. Theme
12. Flirty Conversation.
13. Group
14. Samuel Aristo (194214071)
15. Vincensius Radhitya (194214068)
16. Epilogue
17. BILL: Y’know I was headed to the— BETTY [simultaneously]: I was thinking about— BILL: I’m sorry. BETTY: No, go ahead. BILL: I was going to say that I was headed to the movies in a little while, and . . . BETTY: So was I. BILL: The Woody Allen festival? BETTY: Just up the street. BILL: Do you like the early ones? BETTY: I think anybody who doesn’t ought to be run off the planet. BILL: How many times have you seen Bananas? BETTY: Eight times. BILL: Twelve. So are you still interested? [Long pause.] BETTY: Do you like Entenmann’s crumb cake . . . ? BILL: Last night I went out at two in the morning to get one. Did you have an Etch-a-Sketch as a child? BETTY: Yes! And do you like Brussels sprouts? [Pause.] BILL: No, I think they’re disgusting. BETTY: They are disgusting! BILL: Do you still believe in marriage in spite of current sentiments against it? BETTY: Yes. BILL: And children? BETTY: Three of them. BILL: Two girls and a boy. BETTY: Harvard,Vassar, and Brown. BILL: And will you love me? BETTY: Yes. BILL: And cherish me forever? BETTY: Yes. BILL: Do you still want to go to the movies? BETTY: Sure thing. BILL AND BETTY [together ]: Waiter! BLACKOUT The man and the woman want to say something and they did it simultaneously, then the woman let the man said his line first. The woman and man have same intention, they want to watch a movie and want to invite each other. Then they talk a lot about the movie. They also talk about children. The man confessed his feeling to the woman and she accept his feeling. In the end, they went to watch movie together.
18. The conversation between Bill and Betty continues to happen. When the dialogue head towards the wrong way, it will gives an alternative dialogue to lead into good dialogue. When it happened, it will start a new conversation topic.
