The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - Telling tales for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
Read the first part of a review of a book about why we tell stories. Answer the questions.
Answer
- ‘... because ... nearly all stories are based around just seven basic plots and in each plot we see the same character types and the same typical events over and over again.’
- Booker doesn’t think it’s a problem. He argues that 'we don’t bore of these plots because they fulfil a deep psychological need for love and moral order.’ He says that ‘where stories don’t follow these plots, we may find them unsatisfying or they may reveal issues in the author and society that produced them.’