This is my Narrative Theory work for college.

1. Narrative Theory
Structures
My children’sbook has a closed narrativeas it reaches a conclusion.
The conclusion in my book is that Jack takes the money off of Sir Alan
Salt and Jack and his family become wealthy.
An example of an open narrativewould an episodeof the TV series
Dexter, an episodeusually endson a cliffhanger, and the series isn’t
resolved untilthe very end. So an episodeof Dexter has an open
narrativeuntil the last episodeof the series.
My story is also has a single-stranded storyline, as kidsusually
struggle to follow morecomplexones. My story followsthe simple
storylineof Jack findinga key, taking money and becoming rich.
There are no extra ‘side stories’.
An example of a multi-stranded storylinewould beCoronation Street,
as there are many differentstorylinesthat includea variety of
differentpeople, these storylinesare all happeningat once.
My story is a linear story, as it followsa simple structureall goes all
across one timeline. Each event happensin order, there are no things
such as flash backs or time changes.
An example of a Non-linear story would be the TV show Jessica Jones,
as it contains many flashbacks, and the timeline isn’t 100% in the
correct order.
The original story of Jack and the beanstalk is very much an anti-
realist story, however, dueto the fact that I’ve updated it, I believe
that I turned it into a realist story, as my story could happen in real
life. It may be fairly unlikely, but it is still possible, an the characters
are all realistic characters.
An example of an anti-realist story would be Spider-man, as this
story is completely impossible. Even though the creators attempt to
make the sorry as believable as possible, it’s impossible for this story
to happen and the characters are generally unrealistic.

2. Components
My Childrensbook doescontain an opening. The openingused in my
book is an introduction to Jack and his family. Then it carries on to
where Jack is at this pointof time, which is that he is walkingdown a
street with his dog, Scruff.
My childrensbook also contains a conflict. The conflict used in my
book is that Jack comes from a poor family, so he has a desire to get
money in any way possible. His desire for money drivesthe story and
keeps it running.
An enigma is a puzzle/problem that a character needsto solve. The
enigma in my story is when Sir Alan Salt catches Jack and Scruff
stealing money. This putsJack in a bad situation that he needsto get
out of. This enigma is used to intrigue the reader, this should excite
the kidsand it should hopefully makethem want to read on.
I believe that the climax in my book is when Jack enters the money
room and begins to steal it. This partof the book is when Jack decides
to break the law in order to help out his family. This pointin the book
changes Jack’s fate as he endsup taking the money and by the end of
the book he is rich because of his choice.
My book doesn’tmanipulatetime and space, as it all followsa simple
time structureand there are no huge time jumps. An exampleof a
story that doesmanipulatetime would be the television show 24.
In 24 there are many times where something has to be donewithin a
certain amountof time, for example, the protagonist, Jack Bauer will
have to diffusea bomb in 5 minutes, yet, as viewerswatching the
show, ten minutespassesand the bomb still hasn’t goneoff. This is
how time can be manipulated.
My book includesa clear resolution. The resolution in my book
comes right at the end of the story. It is when Jack gets away from Sir
Alan Salt. This then leads to Jack and his family becoming rich with
the money that Jack took. In the finalimage of my book, Jack looks
extremely happy, which is a clear reflection of the first image of him
in my book, in which Jack looks fairly moody and sad. Everythingin
my book gets resolved by the end.