The beginning

Chapter One

“I’m truly sorry to bring you this news Ms. Diaz, ‘Jorge has been diagnosed with cancer.’” Doctor Johnson said while scratching his head full of curly black hair. Antonio Johnson had been Jorge’s doctor since he was an infant—every check-up had gone well except this one. He felt so bad to have to tell Rosa the news, but he knew it had to be done sooner or later-sooner was better. He could tell by the way she looked in his dark eyes that she thought he had somehow been mistaken, but he wasn’t. He himself had been shocked to read the results.
“This can’t be right” Rose pleaded with the doctor, “it just can’t be right, why my son, why?”
Dr. Johnson didn’t know how to reply to the woman that was on her black knees begging him to be wrong.
“I double checked, Ms. Diaz. I’m sorry.”
“Okay,” Rosa replied softly grabbing her bright orange hand-made bag and left the conversation at that.

As Rosa walked out of the old brick building she waved at several taxi’s, not knowing how she was going to pay her bill. She stepped in one and as the taxi drove along the bumpy road she gazed out at the window making the window fog up with her warm breath.
“Oh take a left at the light please” she quickly announced to the stick skinny driver.
As she walked out of the taxi she looked up at her small raged home she pondered on how she was going to bring the news to her son that he has cancer. Before opening the door to her house she quickly looked down and saw a letter from the government that read this is an important letter to Jorge Diaz. She quickly opened the letter as if it were hers just like a young child might on Christmas morning opening his gifts.

Dear Jorge Diaz, We the government of Mexico are sending you to war for the battle against Spain without exception. The war will start September 16th, but that’s not a guarantee. A bus will pick you up sometime next week. Be ready!

Tears were flowing down Rosa’s caramel colored face as she read the short letter saying that her son was to go to war. She couldn’t believe what she just read. Where her eyes playing tricks on her? Was it just a dream? No it was reality.
As she walked in her clean kept home she knew she had to tell her son, but didn’t know how to. First it was cancer now having to go to war. It was too much bad news in one day. Rose was crying a river filled with terrifying news and bad memories.
"Momma whatever is the matter?" Juan curiously asked his mother after seeing her in tears.
"Look I've gotten too much news today, that’s all" Rose replied quietly wiping her tears with the rough palm of her hand.
"Would you like to talk about it mamma?"
"no, not with you"
Rose quickly walked away before Juan could ask any more questions. She just felt like resting. Rosa worked three jobs just to keep a roof over her kid’s heads. Her husband left her when he found out she was pregnant, so she had been on her own since then. She had diabetes and a full head of grey from all the stress. Her mother and father had past away two years previously to this day. All she had was an aunt who was in God's waiting room.

Rosa laid in her bed as so many things ran threw her mind. She had so many questions she needed answered, but knew those answers would not come any time soon. She closed her eyes and dozed off wishing she was the one with cancer and that she was the one being sent off to war. She had lived her life, but Juan and Jorge hadn’t just yet. She fell asleep humming the Spanish song her mother sang to her as a child before putting her to sleep every night.

Chapter two

“Goodbye” Juan whispered in his mother’s ear as he slowly walked out of his front door. He knew what he was getting himself into, but didn’t want his sick twin brother Jorge to go to war. As he approached the shiny gray bus that would take him somewhere he didn’t want to be, filled with other soldiers. he looked back and a tear quickly dropped from his hazel almond shaped eye. His mother waved endlessly with guilt watching her son go to war.

“Hey boy there’s room over here for you to sit” a heavyset man with long hair called out to Juan. “Thanks” he replied shyly and irritated. The whole way to the campgrounds Juan wished he wouldn’t have taken the seat that was offered to him. The man he sat next to was defiantly a talker and asked one too many questions; Juan wasn’t in the mood for answering questions especially since he was pretending to be his brother.

my story outline

Characters:
- Jaun and Jorge Diaz are twin brothers age 16.
- Angela is a doctor that Juan Meets at war
- Rose Diaz the twins mother

Exposition:
- The Diaz family lives poor.
- Jorge is sent to war, but was diagnosed with cancer.
- Juan secretly goes in his place.

Rising Action:
- Juan goes to war and is killed.

Climax:
- Rose receives a message from Angela telling her that Juan was killed at war.
- Angela discusses private things that can easily be read by authorities
- Authorities take action and put Jorge and Rose in Jail until they can pay for the fine.

Falling Action:
- Angela bails them out of jail

Resolution:
- The mexicans win the battle against Spain
- Rose moves to Ecuador to start a new life

Internal Conflict:
- The diaz family knows they are disobeying the government, but feel that they have to try and save Joge's life.

External Conflict:
- Its against the law to send another familymember in the place of the one that was recruited for war.