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...e. Possible Opening Strategies: „« The writer launches straight into the narrative „« The scene is set using explicit background information „« Rather than direct description, the writer uses suggestion or implication „« The opening is direct and holds the readerˇ¦s attention, perhaps capturing attention with a word or short phrase 1. Examine the beginning of The Color Purple. How would you describe the authorˇ¦s strategy of pulling in the reader? In your opinion, is it effective? Why or why not? The ending usually reveals the meaning of a story and its significant theme. They usually focus on a key moment in the life of the major character- a moment which causes a realization or change in their life. Sometimes the ending is revealed in a twist as a means to reveal something fundamental in the narrative as a whole. 2. Does the story have what you would recognize as a definite ending? How does the ending relate to the rest of the story? Does the writer draw attention to any specific point in the ending? How would you have ended the story? Explain. _____________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBER 3- Name: _____________________ Report on The Color Purple as a complex structure of plots (Celieˇ¦s life in America, Nettieˇ¦s life in America and Africa) and several subplots (Shugˇ¦s many loves; Harpoˇ¦s, Sofiaˇ¦s, and Connieˇ¦s complicated lives). 1. How is each plot or subplot resolved? How do they interrelate? Interact? Contrast with each other? Affect each other? To what extent is the turning point (Celieˇ¦s inheritance) an artificial device to rescue the characters, a deus ex machina ending? _____________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBER 4- Name: _________________ In The Color Purple, parallel plots are used. Two black American sisters are separated, one lives for decades in Africa, then returns home. 1. What is the advantage of parallel plots? Show how these parallel plots make possible a comparison of the effects of different environments (nurture) on persons of ...