A Critical Analysis Of FB Batacans Smaller And Smaller Circles Jessica Brown Version 2
A Critical Analysis of F.H Batacan’s Smaller and Smaller Circles
Finding the Killer Takes A Lot More Than an Investigation
Jessica Brown
E03
Introduction Through plot, point of view, setting, characters and themes with the incorporation of psychology, dilemmas and realities, Smaller and Smaller Circles will be analysed to show the development of the story and characters. With this in-depth research on all of these criteria, it will help with understanding how and where the story will be heading. A few examples would be figuring out what Father Jerome’s dreams mean or the relevance of psychology in the story.
Analysis Plot The plot of the story is a classical one where it follows the pattern of having an initial state of things be upset by a conflict, which in this case is the death of the children in the dumpsite, which leads to the complication, which is finding out who the killer is, which leads to the climax, where the characters go on a type of ‘goose chase’ to find out who the killer is, his motive and how they are going to resolve the conflict, which gets us to the falling action, where the characters find the killer, and eventually the resolution, where the killer is killed and the killings stop.
With all of this in mind, there are more aspects to the plot such as foreshadowing or mirroring and symbolisms.
At the very beginning of Smaller and Smaller Circles, we find a character, called Father Emil, running after a group of slum children. However, he is running with purpose and wants to reach the destination at the dumpsite as fast as possible. We can see this as ‘his fear grows with each step’ (Batacan) and that ‘the children urge him on, their voices shrill with agitation’ (Batacan). We quickly find out that what Father Emil is running to is the dead body of a child. This is a mirroring of what we find out in the book. One example of mirroring is the fact that the two main characters, Saenz and Jerome, are running out of time and trying to
Finding the Killer Takes A Lot More Than an Investigation
Jessica Brown
E03
Introduction Through plot, point of view, setting, characters and themes with the incorporation of psychology, dilemmas and realities, Smaller and Smaller Circles will be analysed to show the development of the story and characters. With this in-depth research on all of these criteria, it will help with understanding how and where the story will be heading. A few examples would be figuring out what Father Jerome’s dreams mean or the relevance of psychology in the story.
Analysis Plot The plot of the story is a classical one where it follows the pattern of having an initial state of things be upset by a conflict, which in this case is the death of the children in the dumpsite, which leads to the complication, which is finding out who the killer is, which leads to the climax, where the characters go on a type of ‘goose chase’ to find out who the killer is, his motive and how they are going to resolve the conflict, which gets us to the falling action, where the characters find the killer, and eventually the resolution, where the killer is killed and the killings stop.
With all of this in mind, there are more aspects to the plot such as foreshadowing or mirroring and symbolisms.
At the very beginning of Smaller and Smaller Circles, we find a character, called Father Emil, running after a group of slum children. However, he is running with purpose and wants to reach the destination at the dumpsite as fast as possible. We can see this as ‘his fear grows with each step’ (Batacan) and that ‘the children urge him on, their voices shrill with agitation’ (Batacan). We quickly find out that what Father Emil is running to is the dead body of a child. This is a mirroring of what we find out in the book. One example of mirroring is the fact that the two main characters, Saenz and Jerome, are running out of time and trying to
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