The second episode of tickets, for a while, seems like the story about the child and the girl carrying him and their family, but later we realize that its about an old woman traveling in a train, with another young man, who seems to be in his twenties.
The Introduction is set up when they step into the train. They settle down in the First Class compartment, even though it is made clear that the seats are not theirs. Various dialogues between her and Fillipo, the young man traveling with her suggest that she is a woman of a controlling nature, who does not like it when Fillipo's attention is diverted from her. We do not get to know the relationship between the two until much later, when Fillipo steps into the resturant area to get her a coffee. It is then established, that he is doing community service for her, and she is a widow of an army general, who is now been dead for a year, and they're traveling to attend his memorial service. Fillipo's character is established as a young, quiet, polite and submissive guy, who is not too happy working for the old woman and is constantly trying to find some way out, even if it is for a while. One way he finds is in the teenage girl he talks to, who is a childhood friend. That conversation also establishes details of Fillipo's character.
The conversation between Fillipo and the girl is disturbed many times by the old woman's yelling and finding out faults in him. She does not like it that he is talking to the girl and tells him to get her a coffee. This part leads us into the Rising Action, where Fillipo is beginning to get irritated. Later in a conversation with two people in the resturant area, we get to know their relationship and also see that the anger in Fillipo is building up slowly, also building the narrative up to the climax.
The climax concept in the narrative seems a little complex, as there is not one, but three climaxes.
The first two help in establishing the two main characters.
The First Climax happens when Fillipo has gone to the bathroom and another man comes and sits in Fillipo's seat, thinking its his. He also asks for his phone, which he thinks the old woman is using. The woman's firm, confident character is established here.
In the Second Climax, the actual owners of the seats board the train,and an argument is built up, showing the controlling nature of the old woman, who bosses Fillipo around and yells at him in front of the two passengers, and fights with them for seats which are actually not hers. Fillipo's submissiveness is also enhanced here.
The Final Climax, and the most intense one,so to speak, occurs when Fillipo cannot take it anymore and reacts to her yelling, in the cabin, while he's helping her change. He yells back at her and leaves the cabin, leaving her yelling for him.
This leads to the Falling Action, where the woman searches for Fillipo in the entire train, but cannot find him. This is where we see how dependent on him she actually is. She is left feeling helpless, and almost scared, as now she knows that her only support system has left her, all because of her own doing.
Right at the end of this second episode, the Denouement occurs when the man who had fought with her for his phone, helps her get off the train, where she is left alone, helpless, and confused as the train leaves.
As per the 3-act structure, in the first act, both the characters are established through conversations between them and with other passengers, and the first climax occurs. The second climax occurs at the end of the first act, the falling action of which, leads us into the second act, which builds up the narrative towards the climax. The main conflict is built up when Fillipo talks to the passengers in the resturant area and returns with the old woman's coffee. She yells at him again later for talking to the teenager girl and calls him into the cabin to help her change. This leads us into the third and final act, where they are seen arguing, as a build-up to the final climax, which finally occurs when he yells back at her for treating him like her slave, and finally leaves her. The falling action of this final climax is shown through the old woman's helplessness and her struggle in the search for Fillipo. The narrative comes to a rest when she is left alone and confused at the station, as the train leaves.
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