Preliminary research
Wikipedia explains the seven basic plots (The Frog Prince is Rebirth)
The Guardian discussing basic plots
Kurt Vonnegut explaining the plots of stories
Discussion of different plot classifications here
Analysis
If I am enjoying a story find it really difficult to step back from it to analyse it. I chose War Horse (the play) which I saw for the second time in February but I looked at the plot summary on Wikipedia to help me.
It can be summarised as;
Boy gets horse
Boy looses horse
Boy gets horse back
I can't decide if its a Rags to Riches story or a Quest, maybe a bit of both. It's an adventure story in that the boy and the horse have adventures before they are reunited. It's historical and anti war but its also about our relationship with animals (specifically horses in this case but the sentiments can be applied to other animals such as dogs. (incidentally I watched this TED talk by Handspring Puppet Co.)
I recently watched the second Paddington film (I seem to be attracted to children's literature) and I can see similarities. In this film substitute boy for bear and book for horse and you get;
Bear (nearly) gets book
Bear looses book
Bear gets book back
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