Gristknife
#2: Mar 12th 2011 at 6:17:31 PM
What about when the main character dies in the prolouge and the whole book just recounts what lead up to it.
Also: There were an infinite number of people who lead infinitely intersting and happy lives for an infinite period of time. WHAT NOW DEATH?
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The Narrator and Death are constantly battling over the character's lives, especially the Main Characters. The Narrator has more power in the beginning of the story, because the protagonist can't be killed off because there's so much of the story left. Death has more power in the end, because there's less story to be affected. That's why All Quiet On The Western Front ended the way it did.
Sometimes, right before Death can win, the Narrator ends the story and slaps the mysterious words "To Be Continued", and thus the nearly-dead character is allowed to survive, at least until the next book (unless the Author decides to spare him or her).
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