W ha t is th e p lo t s tr u ctu re o f th e s to ry " A n O ccurre nce a t O wl C re ek B rid ge"? th e e xp ositio n, r is in g a ctio n th e c li m ax e tc . T he s to ry s tr u ctu re ...

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W ha t is th e p lo t s tr u ctu re o f th e s to ry " A n O ccurre nce a t O wl C re ek B rid ge"? th e e xp ositio n, r is in g a ctio n th e c li m ax e tc .
T he s to ry s tr u ctu re is d ra m atic b eca use it g oes b etw een th re e d iffe re nt r e ali tie s--th e p re se nt, th e p ast a nd w ha t is
ha ppenin g o nly in th e m ain c ha ra cte r's m in d . T he r e ader is c o nfu se d w hic h is r e al a nd w hic h p art is o nly in h is m in d .
A t th e b egin nin g , b efo re th e r e ader s e es th e m an a ctu a lly ...
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T he s to ry s tr u ctu re is d ra m atic b eca use it g oes b etw een th re e d iffe re nt r e ali tie s--th e p re se nt, th e p ast a nd w ha t is
ha ppenin g o nly in th e m ain c ha ra cte r's m in d . T he r e ader is c o nfu se d w hic h is r e al a nd w hic h p art is o nly in h is m in d .
A t th e b egin nin g , b efo re th e r e ader s e es th e m an a ctu a lly b ein g h a ng ed, th e p ast is in tr o duce d to th e r e ader, a s a s o rt o f
b acksto ry . T he b acksto ry is s e t u p in s uch a w ay a s to e li c it s ym path y fr o m th e r e ader b eca use th e m an w as o nly a c iv ili a n
w ho r e ally w ante d to h e lp in th e a rm y b ut c o uld n't .
N ext in th e p lo t, w he n th e th e s tr u ctu re r e tu rn s to th e p re se nt, it a ppears a s th o ug h th e m an e sca ped, w hic h a dds d ra m a to
th e s to ry b eca use a t th a t p oin t th e r e ader d oesn't k no w it w as o nly in h is h e ad. ( N ot u ntil th e e nd d oes it b eco m es a ppare nt
th a t h e w as o nly d re am in g .)
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