Plot Structure- The Clearing

   Last week I read a book called The Clearing by  Heather Davis. The plot structure of this book is very much like Nation's plot, a parallel plot. A parallel plot is when diffrent characters don't meet until later in the plot. The Clearing is an example of this because the two main characters, Henry and Amy, don't meet until half way through the book.
   The book starts off with Amy's background information then switches to Henry's. Then, the plot introduces both of their separate conflicts. It isn't until the rising action that Amy meets up with Henry, then they share a common conflict. The plot proceeds with them having the same climax and falling action. The resolution is shared but it also has the characters unique spin on it. Amy and Henry both share the resolution of them going their separate ways, but the resolution is also what they do with that and how they handle it. If you think of how this plot would extend through the characters lives after the actual book is over their paths only just cross breifly. However, since this is the plot of the book, I classify it as a parallel plot structure.