“Plot is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story. … “Events can be presented in a variety of ways. A chronological arrangement begins with what happens first, then second, and so on, until the last incident is related. … “Stories can also begin in the middle of things (the Latin term for this common plot strategy…
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Powder by Tobias Wolff – Focus on Character
Powder is a short story written by Tobias Wolff, who also wrote This Boy’s Life, which is Wolff’s memoir that later became a motion picture by the same name. “Tobias Wolff writes prose that is clean and honest. He deals with the gritty realities of experience, sometimes relying on his own years as a soldier…
Plot in Literature
“Plot is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story. … “Events can be presented in a variety of ways. A chronological arrangement begins with what happens first, then second, and so on, until the last incident is related. … “Stories can also begin in the middle of things (the Latin term for this common…
The Flowers by Alice Walker – Focus on Plot
Alice Walker wrote the eye-opening, life-changing novel The Color Purple. The story is epic but it is brutal. Notice the climax in the following scene of The Color Purple: Alice Walker is a consummate storyteller. Let’s study her very short story The Flowers. The Flowers By Alice Walker It seemed to Myop as she skipped…