Reese Dawn asked Tommy Wallach:

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Tommy Wallach Ha! Sorry I took so long to see this. GoodReads questions show up in a weird folder in my Gmail. Anyway, I'm sure it's too late, but just for what it's worth, actually WALU conforms very strictly to classical 3-act plot structure. The first act ends with the president's speech, setting the plot in motion. The midpoint comes at the end of Chapter 5 (or chapter 6, as its known in the book), when Eliza goes to detention. The end of act ii is the end of the detention sequence. This is the classical "low point" of a plot, and you'll notice that 3 of the 4 characters have a tragic shift (Andy realizes he'll never have Eliza; Anita realizes she'll never have Andy; Eliza discovers her father is missing and her house as burned down). Act III ends with the escape from the apartment complex and Peter's death. The final chapter is denouement.

Voila!

-t

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