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Yeah, I think I agree with you. It may be a nice geometric shape, but it hardly holds true for all stories. For some reason I was thinking movies when I looked at this, not necessarily printed fiction. But stories is stories and … the Cohen Brothers seem to revel in making films where a lot goes on but the main character returns to where he was with little or no change. (ie, Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, and, if I’m remembering correctly Miller’s Crossing.) I suppose you could argue any amount of change is change. But yeah, this circle theory seems to be trying to fit everything into a nice little shape but I don’t think it’s accurate.
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