Casey At The Bat

Casey At The Bat

Author’s note: This is an essay about the poem. “Casey at the Bat” The purpose to this writing is to show that I know how to explain the climax and that I know what it is.               

Casey at the bat is a poem about a baseball player named Casey, who is really, really good and strong at baseball.  But this time, he’s not doing so well and he goes up to bat he’s the last person, and the pitcher throws the ball and the umpire yells, “Strike one!” No one can believe it… Then the pitcher throws the ball again and the umpire yells, “Strike two!”  Everyone gasps and yells stuff like, “come on Casey!” and “Let’s go! Hit it!”  Casey gets frustrated and pounds his bat against the plate really hard, gives the pitcher a stern look and the pitcher throws the ball and, “Strike three! You’re out!” yells the umpire.  Everyone is mad, and sad, and confused.

        That is my summary of what the climax was of Casey at the bat.  It’s the climax because it’s the most exciting part of the story and it’s the main part, it’s the ‘point of no return.’  Another reason why it’s the climax is because, at the beginning the rising action is when the two other boys are batting before Casey and they strike out and it’s all up to him.  Also because, there is a falling action and resolution after it, the falling action is after he strikes out and everyone’s mad and sad.  The resolution would be the very last sentence that says, “Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.” That’s the resolution because the main conflict or problem was that they wanted to win, and the resolution was that they lost, because Casey has struck out and it was all up to him.