12+Long+Months



**__Setting:__** Modern day May-August= Le Sueur, Minnesota August-April= New York, New York

__**Narration:**__ __Twelve Long Months__ is told in the 1st person point of view. Molly Swain, the main character, is the narrator.


 * __Characters:__ **


 * ** Molly Swain ** ||  ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || Protagonist ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || You could refer to Molly as the "never been kissed" girl. The smartest one in her class, Molly graduated from a small town in Minnesota. When she moves to New York, to go to college, she finds a new self-image and her first boyfriend. ||


 * ** Mark Dahl ** ||  ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || Antagonist ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || Popular in high school, Mark had a secret. He's gay and is slowly becoming able to embrace it. ||

Simon is Molly's first boyfriend and first kiss, but he has a surprise for Molly. ||
 * ** Jessie, Lily, & Simon ** ||  ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || Minor Characters ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || Jessie & Lily are Molly's new friends, that she meets in college. With their outgoing and wild spirits, they bring Molly out of her "small town shell."

**__Plot Summary:__** What would you do if the guy you were in love with turns out to be gay? In __Twelve Long Months__, Molly Swain moves to the East Coast along with her classmate Mark Dahl (her secret crush). As she becomes friends with Mark, and more in love with him, she learns that he is gay. Devastated, she moves on and finds a new man but that's not the end.

__**Conflicts:**__ In __Twelve Long Months__ the external confict is Molly vs. Mark and Molly vs. Society. With Molly vs. Mark, she has to overcome the fact that she is in love with someone who is gay. With Molly vs. Society, she has to change her apperance or morals to fit in with New York.

// Some things you simply can't change, no matter how much you want them to. // The theme is shown when Molly tried to change her image but in the end went back to her Midwestern roots. Also, when she was in love with Mark she wanted him to be straight so badly, but he was always going to be gay.
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