Becoming the Crow

Cause and effect is a very important part in a story. It makes the story what it is and helps with the main plot very much so. In “The Dark City” by Catherine Fisher the main climax makes the story really excited. That is where the cause and effect is brought in. The main climax in the story was defiantly the part where they reached the Crows room and Galen becomes the Crow and gets his powers back. It made everything tense and nervous but ended up fine. You need cause and effect to create the climax it obviously helped the climax in this story.

Many different scenes added up to the main climax. One part, was when they were in the mansion above the Crows lair. They needed to know how far away their enemy was so Galen told Raffi, “Sense lines, now.” Sense lines are lines that Relic Masters can send out and when someone crosses them they’ll know. Another scene that added up to become the climax was when they were hunting down the thief. It stole money from a lord and he wanted Raffi and Galen to get the money back in return for the blue box the lord had taken from them. They needed to travel to the fallen city to get it back and that’s where the Crow’s lair is. Galen decided for them to take up his “offer” and go after the thief. Galen then said, “Let’s hope he doesn’t use up all its power.” The third scene was when Galen lost his powers. He was so powerful and then he was examining a relic (special items made by the Makers that hold power) and it exploded. He needed his powers back if he and Raffi wanted to stay alive. The only place they could go in hope to get them back was the fallen city.

With those being the causes there was a very special outcome out of it. They finally reached the Crow’s lair. Galen reached the Crow’s work table and the Crow became Galen. It told them, “In time the Makers will return.” The Crow also said to do this they need to keep the Order going and keep people believing. Galen then returned to himself but the Crow left him with his powers back. At that point in time the enemy reached the room but Galen didn’t panic, he just erased their memory and sent them away. There could have been many different ways for this story to go but I would think that the bad guys would have broken in earlier. Then the Crow would not have showed up then and Galen would not have his powers.

In conclusion the climax cannot be without cause and effect. I think that the stories are all pulled together by cause and effect. A story would defiantly be nothing without this.