Wednesday 3 November 2010

Todorov's Narrative Theory

1. State of equilibrium
2. Disruption of that order
3. Recognition that the disruption has occurred
4. An attempt to repair the damage
5. A return or restoration of a new equilibrium


Monsters Inc.

1. State of equilibrium - monsters collecting screams from children in order to supply electricity to the ‘monster world’

2. Children becoming harder to scare, meaning monsters aren’t collecting enough screams to power the city. Sulley accidentally leaves a door open, allowing a little girl to enter the monster world (children are seen as toxic)

3. They dress the girl up as a monster to make sure no one notices, however Sulley develops an attachment to the child, whom he has named Boo.

4. Sulley feels obliged to sneak ‘Boo’ back to her room safely which results in many escapades for Mike and Sulley

5. They return Boo to her bedroom, and in the process, they realise that children are not a threat to monsters. In fact, the two discover something that changes the monster world forever - that a child's laughter is far more powerful than a scream

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