Word: scoping
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...plot was extremely confusing at times, and events only became comprehensible halfway through the play. But this should not deter anyone from watching “Mnemonic”; the ensuing confusion is only part of the experience. A second viewing might be required to fully understand the scope of the play, but that only means experiencing the wonderful intensity all over again.—Staff writer Andres A. Arguello can be reached at arguello@fas.harvard.edu...
Morrison's vision has never been much in need of this kind of enlarging. Her work has always been epic in scope. In Beloved, Morrison told the story of Sethe, a woman who murdered her own child rather than see her sold into slavery. Early on in A Mercy, we watch a mother do the opposite--she puts her daughter Florens up for sale: "Please, Senhor. Not me. Take her. Take my daughter." It's a less bloody moment, but in its way it's no less chilling. A Mercy is that daughter's tale...
...reader from the story. The novel often reads like a screenplay, with quick cuts between scenes that are described entirely in the present tense. Although Cappellani’s constant use of the present tense throws his reader into the midst of the action, it also restricts the scope of each scene to the immediate present and creates a monotonous effect. The brevity of each scene and the multiplicity of characters often prevent the reader from getting deeply involved with any one plotline, because just as a character begins to become sympathetic, the focus shifts to someone new. Moreover, although...
...corner of West Third and Berendo streets in the mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles. "They targeted him in my mind, and that's the worst kind of person," says his sister Susanne McGraham-Paisley of the suspects, who remain at large. "I hope they give them the full scope of the law because that person went to a gas station, filled up the gas can, drove to the site, poured gasoline on him and then set him on fire. That person had so many opportunities to change [his] mind and ... didn...
...books seem modest in scope, their power lies in the way he sculpts calamity into catharsis. His novel In the Wake is a raw portrait of grief based on the tragedy of Petterson's adult life: the death of his parents and two brothers in a ferry accident. The opening of Out Stealing Horses climaxes in a scene in which a 10-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills his twin brother. The event stops your heart, but Petterson's lyrical prose pulls you forward...