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Story Analyses
Applications of the Discovering the Soul of Your Story concepts to stories of all types and forms
The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
A mutiny aboard a Russian battleship leads to events that stoke public anger and advance the likelihood of Communist revolution against the tsarist...
Black Book (2006)
As World War II nears its end, a young Dutch Jewess attempts to survive amidst the cruelty of the Nazi occupation in its waning months. Medium: Film...
Ordinary People (1980)
A teenage boy attempts to find internal peace and resolution after a suicide attempt brought on, in part, by the guilt of surviving a boating...
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
A young boy attempts to hold onto a friendship that he forms with a creature from another planet. Medium: Film Writer(s): Melissa Mathison Director:...
Babette’s Feast (1987)
A pair of never-married sisters attempt to keep true to the religious teachings of their father and maintain the health and spirit of remote Danish...
Yesterday (2004)
A young Zulu woman perseveres nobly through the hardship of a personal AIDS diagnosis and attempts to make a significant difference in the lives of...
The Gold Rush (1925)
A likeable prospector in the Klondike Gold Rush attempts to survive the elements and pursue love. Medium: Film Writer(s): Charles Chaplin Director:...
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
A young man from the slums of Mumbai attempts to achieve the life that he feels destined to live with the girl whose love he feels destined to...
Alien (1979)
A crew member returning home to Earth on an interplanetary mining vessel attempts to rid the vessel of a vicious alien creature that has...
The Hunger Games (2012)
In a dystopian future, a resourceful young woman attempts to survive a national ritual that involves a fight to the death with 23 of her teenaged...