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The Osage Firebird Passage Analysis

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In the passage “The Osage Firebird” the author structures the story in a specific way. The author organizes it in a way where things in one paragraph will help develop things that happen in a paragraph latter on. In the passage the author talks about one thing and and that helps develop the rest of the story. Since the author has the passage in specific sections this helps the development and organization of the story even more. In this essay I will be describing how the author organized this passage to were things in one paragraph help other things later on in the story develop. The author first begins the development of the story in the first part of the passage where the author discusses Betty Marie’s childhood. The author talks about …show more content…

Earlier in the passage it talks about how Betty had her heart set on Ballet and the fact that she learned that there was always room for improvement helped develop the last passage where she achieved great things. One of the things she did was she became Prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet which is evidence of the fact that her having her heart set on ballet in the first paragraph developed this statement in the passage. The next thing is that Betty was elected woman of the year which is also proof of the development of the passage. The final thing she did was her most famous performance which was in the “Fire Bird”. Everything in the passage developed this statement because she had her heart set on ballet and her pride got her to this point. Also this allows the title of the passage to be developed which is “The Osage Firebird”. I think the author did a great job at structuring this passage to where is develops perfectly. The author separated different sections of the passage by giving different sections different titles which help the development of the story also. The first part of the passage the author started the development of the passage by giving you information about Betty’s childhood. Then the author uses that to develop the last paragraph where everything happens. Overall The author structured this passage amazingly so it developed

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