1. 1. 1. He identifies two main features as the event of the story and how these events are told, According to what I analyze by reading chapter 6 “narrative” by Johnathan Culler it can be stated that The plot and discourse caught my full attention because it was a thriller which is a good thing and something the author looks for in a reader. Some authors can make the reader really confused about what points he’s making.

      2.   Culler had stated that the narrative gives a reader a different way of viewpoint due to his twist on the situation in his stories. I think that a writer should make a reader feel more connected to the story that’s they’re reading, to get a closer look at what’s happening and the excitement building up.

In chapter 6 “Narrative”, Culler describes narrative as more than an academic subject, but instead as a drive by humans to want to hear and tell stories. He breaks down the difference in a narrative about what a plot is versus what discourse is and how the two complement yet contrast each other simultaneously. A plot tells us the main point or message that the narrative is trying to get across. Its used as a clear message or takeaway. For example, A celestial being comes to earth to explore the intricate and misunderstood behaviors of human beings as he discovers the truth to what it means to be a human being and what they may truly desire. In contrast, a discourse sets the ground for how the plot is to be told/delivered. This can be through various methods which change the events that may occur or perspective that we may understand something from. However the plot is still the message delivered at the end of the day. For example, in addition to the celestial being, his brother and sisters join him on his quest to explore what the world has to offer and come in and out of view between their world and the human world. This individual develops personal and professional relationships with others whom he deals business with as well as an employer with their perspective of the celestial added as a method of self reflection. These two characteristics drive out desires to want to know more and tell narrative of our own to others while setting up our own discourse to add to the delivery of the story while keeping the plot consistent. These narratives also provide us with pleasures from imagery left up to interpretation by our minds. It fuels us and propels us to continue delivering the stories of others to others as well as the stories of our own.

In chapter 6 of Johnathan culler literature reading it has a lot of deep thoughts but also it was a meaning behind finding the purpose, the literature also reminds me of a show that I was very much interested in. Although the show and the season were a made-up show it still had a purpose and a plot twist to each episode and seasons(7). “Orange is the new Black” (images below)

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The show “Orange is The New Black” was a creative show which made a lot of sense it had a bit of everything you could think of combine into 7 season whit about 13 episodes they talked and gave a history rundown of everyone in the show to understand each character playing the parts but always bought back to the main character which was “Piper Chadman”.

Just like the literature everything that’s being discussed is always a connection to the author or it relates to them and that’s what makes the literature or even a show great because the connection and the plot twist that they put on the narrative to draw you a little more closer to the story or the show or even the movie.

In chapter 6 of “narrative” by Johnathan Culler, Culler shows how the plot is the main element in this chapter/story. I thought about a book I read This is where it ends by Marieke Nijkamp while I read chapter 6. The book had many tragic events and discourse. During a school shooting the students were so scared and their expressions could say so much. The plot had many events from shooting teachers to students to the shooters own siblings and then himself. Not much was said during the book it was mostly silence and fear. The plot and discourse caught my full attention because it was a triller which is a good thing and something the author looks for in a reader. I don’t read many books because I always get distracted but this book was so suspenseful and full of fear and I had a visual of everything in my mind which felt like a movie. 

Plot gives a book, short story, movie, Television show so much importance. It catches attention from the audience. Plot is a very powerful element of a piece of work it’s what connects everything and brings knowledge to a text. 

In Chapter 6 ” Narrative”, Culler explains the fascinating thing called a narrative theory or narratology. Narratology is the structure of the plot and how things lead to another event and that event leads to another event. Culler uses the example of history, “French Revolution is to grasp a narrative showing how one event leads to another”. Another example of this is a movie I recently watched with my little brother called “chicken little”. For a very straightforward children movie, it had some level of depth from start to end. The movie even starts with a narrator explaining the plot of the movie in the first five minutes of the movie. This is all to set the stage of the world we are about to visit in this movie. When the movie ends with its surprising climactic ending it ties it all back together.

When Culler said that “there is a basic human drive to hear and tell stories” he wasn’t kidding. I could tell this simple story was handled with care to present the best possible story they could tell.

About chapter six “Narrative” by Jonathan Culler, I want to discuss of the animated movie called A Summer Day’s Dream，The story tells that before the upcoming celebration in a village, much things were stolen in different locations at same time. We followed the main character, Hakurei Reimu, to explore the truth and get to meet the people live in the village.  I think the difference between film and novel, the director more use the picture to narrative in movie. The audience can get information from the light and shade of the picture or scene changes, rarely needs to use their imagination to what the character or the events like, even the story is not straightforward and unconnected.

I agree with Jonathan Culler explained the narrative should somehow bring pleasure to the reader and be connected with desire in the “What stories do” section.When the readers are following the story,  they are satisfied with their curiosity and sense of participation.

I would like to discuss one of my favorite movies – Zelary.
The narrative is set up as a story of a young, ambitious nurse who decided out of her own moral and ethical urge to cooperate against nazists during the second world war. Consequences resulting from her bravery bring the audience a unique chance to understand the unprecedented time around the second world war and empathize with the complicated, emotionally challenging emergences and dilemma, which the nurse had to face.
The entire story does not have a set up the narrator. The plots are showing a difficult part of the nurse’s life from her own perspective.

The movie’s narrative contains three basics of the plots, beginning, middle, and end.
The beginning shows the nurse’s life before changing her successful life and escaping to a small village in the mountain.
The middle part describes living under a new identity in a fundamentally different environment, forced by the circumstances forget everything that she knew before, and be identified with that she will never again come back to her previous life.
The end shows what happened when the war ended.
The movie’s narrative is a very engaging set of plots that are portraying the atmosphere of that time and describe an unexpectable love story with many overlaps showing humanity, compassion, bravery, belonging to society, and sacrifice so often forgotten in our modern world.

I would also like to use a trailer of this movie as an example. The narrator is set up just for the preview, not involved in the story, but is putting forward narrative to capture potential viewers’ interest.

What does Culler say about narrative in the “What stories do” section What do you think about what he says?

I would definitely say that narratives have the value of knowledge. Minimally in the sense of learning some important life skill sets. For instance, through narratives, we can learn how to be more empathetic, have better imagination, learn from others’ mistakes, understand better others, and connect with others. We can also better connect to historical events and get a deeper look at what effect it had on people, not only historical facts. As it was said in the part about what stories do: “Stories are teaching us about the world, showing how it works or that novels are a powerful device of internalization” (Culler, chapter 6, page 92).

According to chapter 6, the plot does a significant element to describe the story. There are many methods to tell a story, where the writer can be the first person and that gives a sense of reality to the story. Using flashback to inspire the audience’s thoughts. Also, The author could be the narrator (The Third-person) what is way more interesting to the reader.  The plot is effective to express the author’s emotions, add suspense to the story, attach the reader’s attention, picture the situation, and reinforce the ideas and the imagination of the reader. I tend to the Action and Drama plays or movies where the writer gives the opportunities to the audience to predict and imaging the next move of the movie. I believe this is a particular type of literature that we already read about in the previous lectures where the audience’s knowledge plays a critical part to receive the message and understand the concept and the details. I believe each of us has his/her own story but the point here is (how). How you can tell to make it sounds like a story.  How you will create a whole structure as a complete masterpiece, not a fraction.

In general, the plot gives the story meaning and it is super powerful to connects the story parts that make it looks or sounds like a story. In addition, it fills the missing parts that keep it clear for the audience to understand.  Culler said that gives the reader a sense of satisfaction and happiness. But I prefer literature where we have space for imaging what happened and predict what will happen where understanding the concept rely on the reader and the writer’s knowledge combined.

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In chapter 6 “Narrative” by Jonathan culler has discussed the essential parts of any story and that is the plot and discourse. He says that the plot is a story having the beginning, middle, and ending with the ordering.  but the discourse is how it delivered, like the selection of style to present.

A movie called ” The Giver ” originally taken from the novel “The Giver ” by Lois Lowry. The story tells that the artificial society, where there is no pain, violence, and no problems. Only the perfect society but there is a giver who holds the power to see beyond and ordinary people can not see. And the giver is trying to bring the truth that there is more to see than this artificial perfect society. At last, the giver managed to help the people to see the beyond and make a feel of living and enjoying what nature offers to them. After reading chapter 6 “Narrative”  I analyze this movie. I find that the movies have their beginning, middle, and perfect ending. I like the style of the author how he takes the story smoothly from beginning to end.

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Culler has mentioned that the narrative gives pleasure to its people and hold their attention by giving a new twist to a familiar situation.  In addition, the pleasure of the narrative is linked to desire. stories help people to gain knowledge of its surrounding as well as the whole world. Stories help us to see reality and what’s happing in the world.