Narrative structures
- 1. Narrative structures: Firstly, my book has a closed structure. This Is because my book tells the whole story and then it ends, nothing else could be said or done. An example of a narrative with an open structure is inception. This is because the story was left leaving the audience thinking is it the end? My story is linear because the story gets told in a very straightforward fashion. Pablo gets Laquisha back and Captain bananas gets defeated. An example of a non-linear narrative is Pulp Fiction. This is because the story has loads of flash backs and it jumps through time. I did my story linear to help the young audience understand what’s happening with no confusion. My story is a single strand narrative. This is because there is only one story that gets told, Pablo finishes his mission and that’s all there is too it. I did it like this because it’s simpler for the young audience to understand. An example of a multi strand storyline is Hollyoaks. Hollyoaks has a main storyline to the episode and then small storylines on the side with different characters. My story is non-realist this is because nothing in my story is realistic.Monkeys can’t keep a woman hostage and a pizza deliverymanwith a flying pizza bike can’t save her just by throwing pizza in the monkey’s faces. An example of a realist narrative would be CoronationStreet.
- 2. Narrative components My story starts with an opening of two main characters in a calm environment. On the next several pages are pages on conflict betweenPablo and Captain banana. Conflict is what drives my story because without the conflict there is no story. My story does come to a resolution at the end where captain banana gets defeated and Pablo,Laquisha and Robert all get away in one piece. My story doesn’t include enigma, climax or manipulation of time and space because I believe a children’s book should be simple to read and understand. I wouldn’t want my children’s book to be like inception where it’s really confusing. I just wanted a book that was linear, closed and had a single strand storyline.