How To Start Your Fourth Essay

What struck my eye during class discussion a couple of classes ago was when we were discussing the idea of how to start our final essay. I agree with Scott in that we should begin our essay in the middle of the story that we are focusing on. The first paragraph of the entire essay should be the story of what we are going to discuss in detail and analyze later. As I was discussing in class, some movies are also set up in this organizational structure. Think of a movie like The Hangover. In this movie, the first scene is the day after the fun/party night. In this first scene, every character is waking up with a different problem. However, they do not understand/remember where they are and how they got there. After showing the viewer this scene, the entire movie is focused on how all of these characters were put in that situation and what happened to them leading up to the morning after. Another movie that this occurred was in Gone Girl as the opening scene is the same as the final scene. The only difference is that the viewer’s perception of the wife in this movie has changed. These movies were both extremely successful and I believe that it had a lot to do with the organizational structure. Because of this, I think that this organizational structure is extremely powerful and could be used to help engage the reader.