Weekly Assignment 3

Freytag Triangle

Léon

Léon is one of my favorite movies. I watched it for the first time when I was a young kid. After growing up to an adult man, I watched it again for many times. I found I had a complete different understanding of this movie. In this blog I set Léon as my freytag triangle example of story analyzing.

1. Setting/Explosion

Set up the basic role.

Leon: a professional Killer.

Matilda: born in a complicated family, her father is the informer of the Drug Administration.

2. Inciting Incident

Matilda’s family was killed by the Drug Administration Agent.

She knocked Leon’s door for shelter and help.

3. Rising Action

Leon started to teach Matilda how to be a professional killer.

Matilda started to take care of Leon’s life and taught him how to read and write.

Both of them finished many assassination missions.

Matilda decided to take agent’s life herself.

She broke through Drug Administration and caught by the agent.

Leon saved her life.

Agent set out to arrest them.

4. Climax

They were found in a hotel.

The force attacked the hotel and they all fired up.

Matilda was really in a dangerous situation.

5. Falling Action

Leon helped Matilda escape from the hotel.

He fought with the agents and got hurt.

Leon pulled the grenade and died with the agent together.

6. Resolution

Matilda ran with the orchid.

She had no place to go so she went to Leon’s boss for help.

She decided to go to school again.

7. Denouement

Matilda planted the orchid to the soil.

The sun shined on the field.

The music “Shape of my heart” was on.