I've just given up plots.

[greatauntoftriplets]

Why should novels make sense any more? Nothing else does.... Jeez.

[The Lone Liberal]

1. We are through the looking glass and into the Orwellian World.

good is bad, bad is good, truth is lie, lie is truth. It is what "they" say it is and nothing more. Plots are all around us, they are being written by the winners.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. And into the realm of doublespeak.

White is black, black is white, there are no grays in between.

A bit from the Eric Bogle song "War Correspondent". Sorry cannot find the words in the net. You must depend on my memory.

"It's not in color, but that's all right,
war's better viewed in black and white,
white for us and black for them,
and no gray shadows in between."

Great song, great singer.

[SiobhanClancy]

2. 20 basic plot themes...

Quest
Adventure
Pursuit
Rescue
Escape
Revenge
The Riddle
Rivalry
Underdog
Temptation
Metamorphosis
Transformation
Maturation
Love
Forbidden Love
Sacrifice
Discovery
Wretched Excess
Ascension
Descension

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Fantasy?

Or is that escape?

Interesting to place "War and Peace" among these. Perhaps a combination of all of the above.

[SiobhanClancy]

5. Probably escape...or adventure..

maybe it would be considered a genre rather than a plot theme? I'm certainly no expert,but it seems to me that many books/films would be a combination.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. I'd say these...an extremely complex novel. Waded through it once, LOL.

I won't even bring up James Joyce.

Quest
Adventure
Pursuit
Rescue
Escape
Revenge
Rivalry
Temptation
Transformation
Maturation
Love
Forbidden Love
Sacrifice
Discovery

[SiobhanClancy]

7. I took a couple of years of Russian....

and planned on reading it in the original but never did....nor will(I don't remember much Russian after all these years!:)

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Russian is like....

...Greek to me. Though I know a couple of Greek cuss words.

I took French, but have never been able to wade through French novels, either.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Duh, double post.

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[ikojo]

8. No problem. You are guaranteed a successful career

in television where plots are not a requirement.