Plot Summary

Jack, the main male protagonist, avoids social interaction at a house party. the host tries to cheer him up, but he is unhappy and not involved. At this point, Ruby, the main female protagonist, arrives. here and jack have a romantic history with unclear complications. Drunk, unbalanced and angry with her presence, Jack starts a fight with another person at the party. the host stops him and Ruby ends up driving him home.
They drive in silence for a long time, and eventually begin talking. It is passive to begin with, but quickly they begin to argue. Although not revealed to the audience, Ruby left Jack at a time he was emotionally vulnerable and it left him unstable. As the argument continues Jack becomes more distraught and eventually gets out of the car and leaves. Ruby makes no attempt to stop him, as the incident reminded her of why she left him in the first place.
Jack wanders the streets, dejected and blaming the world around him for his issues. He chain smokes extensively and broods on his problems. Eventually he makes it back to his hotel room, and lies down. The ending is left ambiguous, as Ruby calls him, newly concerned as to where the night may have left him emotionally, but he does not answer, and is not seen in frame at any point.
While there is a linear narrative to our plot, it will be presented in a fragmented fashion.

Todorovs Narrative theory can be applied to our piece quite easily.

- Equilibrium: Jack is at a party, apathetic with the people around him.
- Disruption of equilibrium: Ruby arrives at the party and Jack becomes unsettled.

- Realisation of disruption: Jack gets into a fight to release his anger.
- Reparation of disruption: Jack and Ruby argue in the car and Jack broods on his mistakes
- Restoration of equilibrium: Unclear, but the bond between them is shown to be broken in some manner and therefore the issues he has related to her have been resolved, one way or another.