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1. The narrative structure of my story
My narrative is a closed story as at the end there is a conclusion of how Tenko
saved the village and lived for a very long time watching over everyone, there is
a possibility of extra little stories following on, showing her battles of evil and
how she saves the village, but at the same time it could end where it does and
everything is concluded with no further questions. An example of an open
narrative is
My story follows a single strand and is very simple to follow, with the only page
featuring anything other than the main characters is page 9 with the small child
going back to the village on her own. This is similar to many children’s books as
this is a simplistic feature, but almost every adults book has several strands, the
biggest example would be game of thrones where each individual chapter
features a different storyline from a separate character, e.g. chapters
1,4,7,9,12,13 would be following one character, 2,6,11,14 following another and
the remaining following the third main character.
My story is linear and features one small ‘flashback’ where Tenko is talking
about why she chose to guard the village, this it the most common thing seen in
children’s books as it is easy to follow and does not require any further
explanation to what is happening. A movie called Source Code is of a man who
has 8 minutes to find a man who detonates a bomb on a train; the time travelling
is sending the man back in time to the event many times before he is successful.
However this jumping about in time can sometimes be very confusing which is
why it is not ideal for children.
My story is not realist due to the fact the foxes are able to communicate with
humans, however this is often found in children’s books where animals talk to
each other or to humans as it is a magical scene. A more realistic book would be
The Inquisitor (By Mark Allen Smith) where a man is an information retriever
and is a thriller novel but is very realistic in the sense that it is a situation that
could definitely happen.
My story manipulates time in a way, because between pages 6 and 7, 40 years
have passed and is being asked about her life, this is necessary for the moral of
the story because good things come to those who wait, and also it doesn’t mean
you’re not doing a good job if you aren’t appreciated. Some things only
manipulate time for simple things like going to sleep then waking up, or starting
a journey then getting there, but there are few movies/books that don’t
manipulate the time at all. There are even video games that done manipulate
time at all and the day/night periods are based on the time on your console, such
as Pokémon games as in the night time it gets darker and different things happen
and is all real-time while playing it, the only manipulation here is if you fly
somewhere.
My story’s opening is similar to many children’s book as it quickly sets the scene
in the first page/a few short sentences.

2. I would say that the conflict in the book is the building setting alight because of
Kasa, because if this had not happened the whole story could have gone
differently.
The resolution of the film is the final scene where Tenko is living happily in her
new place and celebrating with the villagers.
I feel that my story does not have an enigma in it, but many crime books have
this as a main focus, you often meet characters who are suspicious, such as in 1st
to die (by James Patterson) where there are several possibilities and you end up
chasing the killer.