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Use Of Flashback In The Giver

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A story within a story is another technique used by the writer to support her mission in forming the children’s imagination and make them feel like they are heroes in the novel as well by sharing with the protagonist. For instance, in The Giver, Jonas’s father and mother usually tells him stories in order to justify his questions and fill his need for knowledge. Also using the flashback technique while narrating a story, makes the reader be pulled into the reality of story and reveals the true nature of characters of the novel. Both techniques of a story within a story and flashback are important for character development throughout the novel. The meeting between old and current characters usually leads to forming and developing the current

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