For a three-act plot analysis, put on your screenwriter’s hat. Moviemakers know the formula well: at the end of Act One, the main character is drawn in completely to a conflict. During Act Two, she is farthest away from her goals. At the end of Act Three, the story is resolved.
Act I
After arriving in the U.S., Caribbean native Lucy immediately starts working as a nanny to a well-off family with four kids with whom she'll also be living. Life in a foreign country takes some getting used to for sure. But Lucy does such a bang-up job babysitting that she becomes indispensable to the family and they take her along to their lake house for the summer.
Act II
Summertime, and the living is easy. The trip to the lake house starts off a little slow, but it turns out to be pretty exciting once Lucy begins a steamy fling with the charming Hugh. The good times keep rolling for Lucy even after she bids farewell to Hugh and returns from the lake house, when she gets involved with the sexually adventurous Paul. But it's not all fun and games, as Lucy watches up-close the disintegration of Mariah and Lewis's marriage. And she soon has to face family troubles of her own when she finds out that her father has died.
Act III
Reeling from the news of her father's death, Lucy decides to quit her babysitting job in an attempt to gain more independence. She moves into a new apartment and starts work as a secretary. All of these changes don't end up making her one bit happy though. At the story's close, we watch her open up a journal and begin to explore her feelings through writing. Not exactly your typical Hollywood ending!