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    Most Significant Plot In the book, “The Ruins of Gorlan” by John Flanagan, there are a few plots. However, there is a plot which seems like the main one, but, in reality, there is another plot which is much bigger and more important. There is a change in plots as the first leads to the main plot. In chapter 19, the main characters Will and Halt see wild boar footprints. When Will suggests that they kill the boar, Halt disagrees because it is just too dangerous for the two of them to kill the boar

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    Essay Assignment #1: Comparison of Story and Plot An important aspect of literature that makes the difference between a suspenseful story and a dull and predictable story is the dynamic use of plot. The quote by E.M. Forster that expresses this idea is, “The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then the queen died of grief is a plot.” Over the course of the term there have been a number of stories that have touched upon this quote, those include The Story of an Hour

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    Chinatown is a drama/thriller starring Jack Nicholson who played the character of Jake Gittes. The plot of the story develops around Gittes job as a private investigator, and Gittes researches the background information of the water system for Los Angeles. Through Gittes investigation, the sudden death of Mr. Mulwray becomes the main plot line of the story. Ms. Mulwray, the wife hires Jake Gittes to investigate her husband for infidelity, but through his inspecting, he starts to uncover the truths

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    Commonly, a novel is either a plot driven novel, a character driven novel, or a mix of the two. In order for a novel to be character driven, it must revolve more around the characters’ individual thoughts, feelings, and inner struggles, rather than around the quest of the story. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is a character driven novel. While the story does have a plot, it is not contingent upon that plot, but rather is reliant upon its characters and their natures. This is evident from

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    The way the plot of Killings by Andre Dubus is arranged changes how the reader sees the characters in the story. This plot starts out in the present, then goes into the past, then back to the present. There are two main characters, and three secondary characters in this story. The way the reader views all of these characters is affected by the plot arrangement. The two primary characters who are most important to the plot, and also most affected by the plot arrangement, are Matt Fowler and Richard

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    Jackson the plots play a important role in the way the characters speak and act. The setting in “Seventh Grade” is in school, hallway, homeroom, math,english, french. And the setting in “Charles” is at home for the most of the story, but also takes place at the PTA meeting. The two stories plots are important to the actions of the characters because in every thing the characters say or do it will either positively or negatively affect the plot. The setting is important into the plot in “Seventh

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    stories of three characters seemingly in their own separate worlds. We follow the story of each character -- the Monkey King, Jin Wang, and Danny -- for a little while before switching to the next character’s plot. The author uses several plot elements in order to construct an emotional, plot-heavy story, and in this essay, I will examine a few of them. The author explores conflict in a few different ways. In the Monkey King’s storyline, the conflict is that the Monkey King is shunned by the other

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    Tarantino, delivered very deep emotional arousal and entertainment with this film. From my prospective Tarantino use the dual purpose of art as a magnifying glass. To give his artistic view on slavery. Through the basic elements of drama and the six plot devices. For example, take the introduction scene with Dr. Schultz, Django, and Calvin Candie. This scene diction of the N-word was used a number of time. Which I felt it was too emotional arouse the audience thoughts as the Mandigo fight took place

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    and Objective Every story has a plot. The plot consist of an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and a resolution (or some call the denouement which means “end.”) How the author unfold the story plot is unique to each author. Understanding how a particular story unfolds is important in being able to comprehend the setting, theme, tone, mood and central ide(s) of the story. Today 's lesson objective is: • Students will be able to describe how the plot of a particular story unfolds.

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    grow and flourish. The needed structure and form allows the focal point of the piece to be listened to. In Antigone, Sophocles exercises "the soul of a tragedy"(Aristotle IV), plot, by seductively piecing events in an appealing way, chronologically. The chronologic ability in poetry is essential, however when a plot becomes episodic, "acts succeed one another without probable or necessary sequence" (Aristotle IX) it grows foreseeable. In poetry it is not the poet's responsibility to tell what

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