Three-Act Plot Analysis

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

Connie is committed to the asylum; she learns that they are going to put implants in her brain. She also has visions of a woman from the future, named Luciente, who shows her the utopian world to come.

Act II

Connie is determined to escape. She learns to feign unconsciousness from Luciente and uses that skill to escape. For two days. Then she's recaptured. Bummer.

Act III

Unable to escape, and having witnessed the war in the future against the powerful, Connie steals poison from her brother's greenhouse when she has the chance. Then she poisons the doctors. She loses touch with the future and is shipped off to an asylum, presumably for the rest of her life.