How does the fisherman's motivation move the plot forward?
The fisherman was very unhappy. "What an unlucky man
I am to have freed you! I implore you to spare my life."
"I have told you," said the genius, "that it is impossible.
Choose quickly; you are wasting time."
The fisherman began to devise a plot.
"Since I must die," he said, "before I choose the manner
of my death, I conjure you on your honour to tell me if
you really were in that vase?"
"Yes, I was," answered the genius.
"I really cannot believe it," said the fisherman. "That vase
could not contain one of your feet even, and how could
your whole body go in? I cannot believe it unless I see you
do the thing."
- The Story of the Fisherman,"
Andrew Lang
O The fisherman's determination to outwit the genius
results in the climax
O The fisherman fears dying slowly and asks a
question that results in rising action,
The fisherman makes a poorly worded demand,
which results in exposition
The fisherman's anger at the situation leads him to
be fearless, causing the climax
Intro
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Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.