REMEMBER THE TITANS PLOT DIAGRAM ESSAY The plot diagram is a basic story outline.Just about every story follows it.From beginning to end you go through an introduction of characters and the basic idea of the setting, with the building of the conflict.To a turning point in the story where the characters change, and loose ends are tied up.The movie Remember the Titans follows this diagram quite well.This is a very good example of the plot diagram.There are a lot of stories out in the world that don’t make it because they don’t catch the readers/viewers eye, they are boring.Everybody knows that a good story needs a conflict.If you follow the Plot diagram you will most likely have a good entertaining story. It all begins in Alexandria Virginia, the year is 1971.This is the first year that TC Williams High School was integrated.The school board forced the combination of blacks and whites to go to school together.The town is going crazy because, the summer before school started there was a white teenager that was killed by a black.All of the white people are rampaging and fighting against this.Bill Yoast, the coach of the TC Williams football team is being replaced after fifteen years of winning seasons.He is being replaced by a black man, Coach Herman Boone.Coach Yoast was going to be nominated for the Hall of Fame this season.The parents and players of the team that have been at the school want to boycott the school; they say they won’t play for anyone but Yoast.On the other side of things, the new parents and players are so happy this is finally happening and they are praising Coach Boone.Coach Yoast talks to Coach Boone and they work something out so that they can coach together.Boone is the offensive coach/head coach, and Yoast is the defensive coach.The white players are afraid they are going to lose their starting positions to the new black players.The team gathers together for sign ups and the boys all meet each other.The white boys aren’t even giving the black boys a chance to get to know them.It is a very weird vibe in the room.Coach Boone talks and says that color doesn’t matter, the best player will play.Even though this movie is about football, the bigger picture is the integration of the town. The team goes to a camp at Gettysburg College.They have to drive up there in buses.At first, there was an all white bus and an all black bus.Coach Boone notices this before they leave and he tells everyone to get off of the buses.He gives each person a partner to sit by on the bus and also share a room at camp.He does this by putting a white with a black.Gary is a white All America, and he is one of the leaders of the team.Julius is a black defensive end, and is also one of the leaders of the team.They are put together by Boone, and they do not get along.They are always singling each other out and getting into fights.Once they get to camp and start practicing Coach Boone holds three a days, where they have three practices a day.He says he won’t take off a practice until each person learns about a teammate of the opposite race.They get into a lot of little arguments and always end up saying, “You worry defense, I’ll worry about offense”, or the other way around.They don’t know how to work together; they just basically stay out of each other’s coaching.The suspense and rising of knowing when everyone will just get along seems to take forever. The turning point of this story is when Boone takes the boys on a run to Gettysburg battle field.He is teaching them that we are still fighting the same fight today as they were back then.This experience shows that if they don’t come together they too will be destroyed.They have to figure out how they will start respecting each other.This same day they are at their night practice running the same pay over and over until they get it right.Ray is a white player who is on the offensive line.He misses a block during this practice, and Gerry gets mad at him (white on white).Then Julius sticks a tackle on Petey (black on black), Petey is the running back.This is where you can really see a turn in the team.Defense really pulls together and offense really pulls together as one.Not black against white, but defense against offense.They are learning how to fight a war together.There are kind of two climaxes to this movie.When the boys get home from camp they realize that while they have been working together and becoming one, the town and school is still the same.Once school starts, everyone has to work through the same thing all over again.Everyone at school seems to hate each other except for the football team.After their first game and first win, the restaurant won’t serve them because they are black.This brings the team apart because the black boys are mad at the white boys for thinking they would serve them in the first place.Also, Gerry’s Mom and girlfriend don’t even want to give Gerry’s new teammates a chance.They don’t want to get to know them.Parents are mad that their sons aren’t starting or playing as much as they think they should.All of these things break the team down.They aren’t playing with heart or with each other; they need to remember how they have grown respect for one another and how to be a team again. The team gathers together without the coaches for a meeting to bring everyone together again.They then come out the next game with a dance.They finally start playing with some heart and passion again, they win the game.Winning seems to bring a town together.The school pulls together as the football team keeps winning.One of the games, the board talks to Coach Yoast before the game.They tell him that if his team loses today, he will become the head coach and also be put into the Hall of Fame.The game starts, and the ref is favoring the other team.Yoast goes along with it for a little bit, but then he realizes how much these boys deserve to win and he can’t do that to them.He talks to the ref in the middle of the game, and tells him that he knows everything and if he doesn’t stop, he will go to the papers and tell everyone.Yoast then starts doing a good job of coaching; the boys play hard and win the game.When Julius was walking over to Gerry’s house, an officer stopped him in the middle of the road.He was scared because usually if you were black you got in trouble for everything and anything even if you didn’t do it.The officer just wanted to tell him how he had such a good game.This shows how the town is changing. The team wins the Region Championship game.After the game, EVERYONE is outside of the school cheering for the team.Gerry’s girlfriend tells him that it is going to take a while, but she is going to try to get to know the black people.Everyone cheers for Coach Boone, it use to be just black people cheering for him, but now it is both black and white.As Gerry is driving away from the school he gets in a very bad wreck.He ends up being paralyzed from the waist down.This is a horrible thing that happened, but it ends up bringing everyone together even more.Gerry’s Mom loves Julius now, he is like his brother.Boone made everything just about him to prove to everyone that a black man could do it.After Gerry’s accident, he learns it’s not just about him but it’s really about the boys.It is really not even about the football, but about the team pulling together and becoming one.Gerry watches the championship game on TV from the hospital.He watches his Mom walk into the stands, everyone is cheering for her.As the game goes on, the coaches pull together.They finally trust each other.They actually talk to each other instead of one saying, you take care of defense and I’ll take care of offense.They end up winning it all! This movie follows the plot pretty well.It goes through it very fast though; the climax comes pretty quick in the movie when the team is at camp.I think that there ends up being two climaxes.When the team comes home from camp and school starts, everyone kind of has to work through the same things all over again.Not only the team needs to get along, but the whole town needs to learn to respect one another.A bunch of different things in the movie were actually examples of what was going on in the early 70’s concerning race relations in America.It started with how the players treated each other, how the coaches treat each other, how the rest of the school treated the football players, how the administrators treated the players, and finally how the town treated the players.Eventually everyone came together at the end of the movie, and they all learned a lot from each other.
The plot diagram is a basic story outline. Just about every story follows it. From beginning to end you go through an introduction of characters and the basic idea of the setting, with the building of the conflict. To a turning point in the story where the characters change, and loose ends are tied up. The movie Remember the Titans follows this diagram quite well. This is a very good example of the plot diagram. There are a lot of stories out in the world that don’t make it because they don’t catch the readers/viewers eye, they are boring. Everybody knows that a good story needs a conflict. If you follow the Plot diagram you will most likely have a good entertaining story.
It all begins in Alexandria Virginia, the year is 1971. This is the first year that TC Williams High School was integrated. The school board forced the combination of blacks and whites to go to school together. The town is going crazy because, the summer before school started there was a white teenager that was killed by a black. All of the white people are rampaging and fighting against this. Bill Yoast, the coach of the TC Williams football team is being replaced after fifteen years of winning seasons. He is being replaced by a black man, Coach Herman Boone. Coach Yoast was going to be nominated for the Hall of Fame this season. The parents and players of the team that have been at the school want to boycott the school; they say they won’t play for anyone but Yoast. On the other side of things, the new parents and players are so happy this is finally happening and they are praising Coach Boone. Coach Yoast talks to Coach Boone and they work something out so that they can coach together. Boone is the offensive coach/head coach, and Yoast is the defensive coach. The white players are afraid they are going to lose their starting positions to the new black players. The team gathers together for sign ups and the boys all meet each other. The white boys aren’t even giving the black boys a chance to get to know them. It is a very weird vibe in the room. Coach Boone talks and says that color doesn’t matter, the best player will play. Even though this movie is about football, the bigger picture is the integration of the town.
The team goes to a camp at Gettysburg College. They have to drive up there in buses. At first, there was an all white bus and an all black bus. Coach Boone notices this before they leave and he tells everyone to get off of the buses. He gives each person a partner to sit by on the bus and also share a room at camp. He does this by putting a white with a black. Gary is a white All America, and he is one of the leaders of the team. Julius is a black defensive end, and is also one of the leaders of the team. They are put together by Boone, and they do not get along. They are always singling each other out and getting into fights. Once they get to camp and start practicing Coach Boone holds three a days, where they have three practices a day. He says he won’t take off a practice until each person learns about a teammate of the opposite race. They get into a lot of little arguments and always end up saying, “You worry defense, I’ll worry about offense”, or the other way around. They don’t know how to work together; they just basically stay out of each other’s coaching. The suspense and rising of knowing when everyone will just get along seems to take forever.
The turning point of this story is when Boone takes the boys on a run to Gettysburg battle field. He is teaching them that we are still fighting the same fight today as they were back then. This experience shows that if they don’t come together they too will be destroyed. They have to figure out how they will start respecting each other. This same day they are at their night practice running the same pay over and over until they get it right. Ray is a white player who is on the offensive line. He misses a block during this practice, and Gerry gets mad at him (white on white). Then Julius sticks a tackle on Petey (black on black), Petey is the running back. This is where you can really see a turn in the team. Defense really pulls together and offense really pulls together as one. Not black against white, but defense against offense. They are learning how to fight a war together. There are kind of two climaxes to this movie. When the boys get home from camp they realize that while they have been working together and becoming one, the town and school is still the same. Once school starts, everyone has to work through the same thing all over again. Everyone at school seems to hate each other except for the football team. After their first game and first win, the restaurant won’t serve them because they are black. This brings the team apart because the black boys are mad at the white boys for thinking they would serve them in the first place. Also, Gerry’s Mom and girlfriend don’t even want to give Gerry’s new teammates a chance. They don’t want to get to know them. Parents are mad that their sons aren’t starting or playing as much as they think they should. All of these things break the team down. They aren’t playing with heart or with each other; they need to remember how they have grown respect for one another and how to be a team again.
The team gathers together without the coaches for a meeting to bring everyone together again. They then come out the next game with a dance. They finally start playing with some heart and passion again, they win the game. Winning seems to bring a town together. The school pulls together as the football team keeps winning. One of the games, the board talks to Coach Yoast before the game. They tell him that if his team loses today, he will become the head coach and also be put into the Hall of Fame. The game starts, and the ref is favoring the other team. Yoast goes along with it for a little bit, but then he realizes how much these boys deserve to win and he can’t do that to them. He talks to the ref in the middle of the game, and tells him that he knows everything and if he doesn’t stop, he will go to the papers and tell everyone. Yoast then starts doing a good job of coaching; the boys play hard and win the game. When Julius was walking over to Gerry’s house, an officer stopped him in the middle of the road. He was scared because usually if you were black you got in trouble for everything and anything even if you didn’t do it. The officer just wanted to tell him how he had such a good game. This shows how the town is changing.
The team wins the Region Championship game. After the game, EVERYONE is outside of the school cheering for the team. Gerry’s girlfriend tells him that it is going to take a while, but she is going to try to get to know the black people. Everyone cheers for Coach Boone, it use to be just black people cheering for him, but now it is both black and white. As Gerry is driving away from the school he gets in a very bad wreck. He ends up being paralyzed from the waist down. This is a horrible thing that happened, but it ends up bringing everyone together even more. Gerry’s Mom loves Julius now, he is like his brother. Boone made everything just about him to prove to everyone that a black man could do it. After Gerry’s accident, he learns it’s not just about him but it’s really about the boys. It is really not even about the football, but about the team pulling together and becoming one. Gerry watches the championship game on TV from the hospital. He watches his Mom walk into the stands, everyone is cheering for her. As the game goes on, the coaches pull together. They finally trust each other. They actually talk to each other instead of one saying, you take care of defense and I’ll take care of offense. They end up winning it all!
This movie follows the plot pretty well. It goes through it very fast though; the climax comes pretty quick in the movie when the team is at camp. I think that there ends up being two climaxes. When the team comes home from camp and school starts, everyone kind of has to work through the same things all over again. Not only the team needs to get along, but the whole town needs to learn to respect one another. A bunch of different things in the movie were actually examples of what was going on in the early 70’s concerning race relations in America. It started with how the players treated each other, how the coaches treat each other, how the rest of the school treated the football players, how the administrators treated the players, and finally how the town treated the players. Eventually everyone came together at the end of the movie, and they all learned a lot from each other.