The Destruction of Identity in Vertigo, The Tenant, & Mulholland Drive

ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3: Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves towards a resolution.

When people first start reading a book there is one burning question: "What is this story about?" It’s a heavy question, especially for a fiction novel with so many fabricated details. You can fix this by saying a story is all about decisions. Of course, there are other themes, but the entire story is connected by the questions characters ask themselves and the outcome of their own answers. We can think about how this mimics real life. How every day we are forced to consider life's chance situations; some casual, some pressing, but all of them impacting our final growth as people and those around us to some degree. A good example of this is when in the book "The Outsiders", our protagonist Jonny decided to kill Bob in self-defense, this resulted in Jonny and Ponyboy going on the run. The decisions, the choices, that were made by Jonny change the course of his and his cohort's entire lives in an instant--directing the whole final tale and story outcome.

This end can only be accomplished when a person is completely full or content with their life. There may be times when you are happy, however you will still go through trials and tribulations which may cause unhappiness, but you will keep striving to meet the

     In the opening lines of the story we are drawn into climax of the story. We are

appeals, as well as creating a deep connection between the characters and the reader. Steinbeck

Every person experiences feelings. Whether they are hate, jealousy, sadness, and joy. One of the main feelings expressed in the play, is jealousy. Jealousy is a very important emotion, this is because it can make people who are jealous of one another to do things they never imagined themselves to do. The thing that comes with jealousy is a rivalry, if you are jealous of your fellow opponent, then you are going to have a very heated rivalry. This was a huge factor in the Salem Witch Trials.

Compare or contrast the role that reason (logic or logos) and passion (emotion or pathos) play within the novel.

pivotal part of the plot - it is what makes the story revolve and what

pg 18,l. 81-82). Each story comes with an idea, but algebra is what makes story be read by readers. There is an“ implicate framework that must underlie a story” (C. pg.18,l.85-86). The implicate frame work in algebraic, the arc that holds the story together. The arc has five key components called the exposition, rising action, climax, Falling action and then the denouement. The exposition set’s up the plot and characters. Then comes the rising action where there is a conflict, that will get the reader’s attention. The climax is where we can see the end of the conflict, but it is not solved yet. The falling action is where the conflict is finally solved, but can sometimes have a little bit of drama at the end. The denouement is the final component in the arc, it is where the story is ending with a sigh of relief. The fire and algebra while hold the story and be read by reader’s.

The plot in a fiction text is important in keeping the reader's attention. The majority of the story builds towards a climax. This climax is where the peak of action, suspense or thrill takes place, which then leads to the resolution of the story. As in "Lord of the Flies" the author continued to increase conflict between the boys until a full-scale war takes place, which is the climax. The building

of the story through the characters and their actions or gestures. These actions are visible in

means to satisfy an end, as opposed to being an end in itself. Which according to

The movie Split is an American thriller that is centered around the fictional character known as Kevin Crumb. Kevin suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder which leads to him being known as many other names. Kevin is also commonly known as Hedwig, a young boy, Dennis, a perverted man who suffers from OCD, and Patricia, an older classy woman. These are only some of the personalities Kevin has taken on. These personalities began to develop young in Kevin’s life as a defense mechanism to help protect him from his abusive mother. Kevin has many other personalities, some of which are evil. These evil personalities are what give the movie its thriller genre. Kevin kidnaps a girl, and she experiences all of these different personalities until a new one emerges that dominates over the others. “The beast” as it is referred to is the one that causes all the scare factors in the movie. When Kevin sees the damage that his other personalities have done, he is horrified and scared because he does not know how to control himself.

The conclusion is what the reader looks forward to the most in a book and the original ending is definitely the ending that is fit for being “the most important part of a story.” or in this case, Great

the author’s emotions, or imagination that serves a purpose for the viewer, and is meant to be