Picturing Theology

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P i c t u r i n g T h e o l o g y

How to Interpret a Narrative (continued)

B. Consider what voice the story is being written in:

1. The Omniscient narrator (the Holy Spirit)

2. The First-person testimonial

3. The Third-person narrator

IV. Detect the PLOT DEVELOPMENT within the Story.

A. Note the exact order and details of the events and actions.

B. Note also how the story begins, develops, and ends.

C. Ask and answer questions about the actual plot.

1. Why did the events happen as they did?

2. Why did the characters respond as they did?

3. Could they have done things in a different manner?

D. Use John Legget’s elements of story.

1. Doormat — the intro of the story