Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly
There was a son named Anton. He dreamed that a girl placed a handkerchief over his face. He woke up but he saw no one. Anton told his mother what he had dreamed. His mother said, "Anton, you've dreamed of something enchanted."
A few days later Anton dreamed the dream again and it was exactly the same: A girl placed a handkerchief over his face.
"Anton," his mother said, "you dream of a girl who lives with her father in the tower of the moon."
How does the plot influence characterization in this excerpt?
The exposition introduces Anton as a fortune teller.
The exposition introduces Anton’s mother as a fanciful woman.
The rising action shows Anton facing the challenges of finding the tower.
The rising action shows Anton’s mother reacting to Anton’s travels.