10 Things I Hate About You Essay #4

The elements of rising action create suspense in the story of 10 Things I Hate About You. A story of fitting in, making friends, and dating. The story goes as two sisters. The younger sister Bianca thinks the world revolves around her. She is very popular and wants to date boys. But she’s not allowed dating boys until her older sister Kat dates. But Kat doesn’t like to date boys, so Bianca is upset at Kat.

The person that everyone hates is Kat, she has few friends, used to be popular now not. A young boy named Cameron comes along to ask a tall muscular man named Patrick offering him money to try to date Kat so then Cameron can date Bianca. Now Kat isn’t interested in dating Patrick, but Patrick is interested in dating. Not just because he got offered a couple hundred dollars, but because he actually does want to date her.

Eventually Kat says yes to date, and goes to Prom with Patrick, so now Cameron can ask out Bianca, which goes alright and he hanged out a little bit with Bianca at Prom. But another guy named Joey steps in the dance with Bianca so Cameron steps back in and Joey punches Cameron in the face. Bianca kicks Joey and hangs out with Cameron. Cameron drives Bianca home and he gets a kiss.

When Kat finds out that Patrick got paid to take her out, she immediately left him. It took a few days for Kat to listen to Patrick saying that he didn’t care about the money to date her so then Cameron can date Bianca. He actually does like her. They get back together and Cameron dates Bianca.

By Mitchell Rossi