Sentences with phrase «main plot of the story»

The main plot of the story, however, is the war; his troublesome relationship with his team of fellow scientists and mathematicians, tension with his commanding officer, and his one and only friend Jane (Keira Knightley), the sole female member of the team.

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Esther 1 introduces the reader to the main characters of the book of Esther, and sets up the plot for this amazing story.

A book often consists of many different characters, each with their own background, history, personality, and ambitions, and each story has a timeline, main plot, subplots, and arcs.

That's because most of the story dances around a «plot twist» or discovery or whatever it is that is hardly exciting, and all too predictable (Lime is alive, duh) and our main lead is a doofus, and not exactly the charming type, just a helpless goon going around from one point to another.

As much as I loved Inglourious Basterds, that film was a series of digressions from the main plot, but this film is actually centered on the story he lays out at the beginning.

While some plot elements are basically similar to the first season, that is more of a nitpick and does not distract from the main story.

There's little to no challenge present throughout the entire game, the story only makes sense if you already know the plot and there's a lack of things to do outside of the three main gameplay mechanics.

That's the main plot of this adorable story with laughs all the way through.

There's a cool side - plot that details how Joker gained control of the amusement park but the main story of Batgirl having to save her father feels rushed and unsatisfying.

As mentioned, even though there are plenty of smaller cameos, none of the iconic franchise faces distract from the primary story beats — serving to add additional humor and immersion without taking anything away from the main plot.

One can see in the main plot that Hostage tries to be more than a standard family hostage story by upping the ante a bit, having the hostage investigator himself attempting to bargain several sides in order to reach an amicable conclusion for all, including the chance of sacrificing the people he is sworn to protect in order to save his own wife and daughter.

Throughout the story, we're often only told of seemingly vital plot points through second hand accounts, characters tend to change their outlooks without reason merely to fit in the story's trajectory and our main antagonist is a cookie - cutter villain who simply confronts Hope with little reason other than he's on set to be a contemptible dude.

The main relationship on the show — and the impetus for many of the show's plots — has always been the one between Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), the smug Republican anchor of a nightly news broadcast and MacKenzie (Emily Mortimer), the show's executive producer, who — rightly or wrongly — never lets go of a news story that she believes is important to our national debate.

Just following the main story beats will always place you at an underleveled disadvantage, so Chronicles X offers you an endless supply of fetch, Affinity, and kill sidequests that have the secondary objective of grinding you to the proper level to continue the main plot.

Every scene is constructed with a need for mass appeal, targeting slapstick for the kiddies and plenty of old film references for the adults, and almost all of these are a distraction from the main story, rather than a means to enhance the characters or plot.

The MMO encompasses all of Tamriel, with the main overriding story about the plot of the daedric prince Molag Bal trying to drag the entire world into his demonic realm.

The main mission took me around 90 minutes to clear, and while the bits and pieces of story you get are stunning to behold, there's not much plot development to speak of within that brief time.

This plot line especially brings us out of the main story and into one that is relevant, yet unnecessary within the scope of the film.

However, most of the film runs along without much catering to its main plot, concentrating more on its characters, tossing up some pretty clever gags and side stories involving such things as the making of jams, the girls» trying to help Gru to get them a new stepmom, Margo's romantic stirrings, and a good deal of Minion slapstick shenanigans, which will no doubt make this a hit for the kiddies.

I think it feels this way because it's so focused on its main plot at the beginning and in the end, but spends a great deal of its middle meandering around on vignettes while the main story sits on pause.

The main plot is largely disconnected from the Infinity Stones overarching story, but the movie is a hoot, and it will explain why Thor, the Hulk, and Loki are together on a refugee spaceship at the start of Infinity War.

Typically, however, those kinds of stories work best when they're short, and as the series has progressed, the games have become increasingly focused on these little vignettes to the point that they're generally more interesting than the main plot.

11:30 am — TCM — Gold Diggers of 1933 The story's nothing to get excited about (and in fact, the subplot that takes over the main plot wears out its welcome fairly quickly), but the strong Depression - era songs, kaleidoscopic choreography from Busby Berkeley, and spunky supporting work from Ginger Rogers pretty much make up for it.

9:45 pm — TCM — Gold Diggers of 1933 The story's nothing to get excited about (and in fact, the subplot that takes over the main plot wears out its welcome fairly quickly), but the strong Depression - era songs, kaleidoscopic choreography from Busby Berkeley, and spunky supporting work from Ginger Rogers pretty much make up for it.

The film needed a tighter focus on its main story and a large plot point of Russell ending up in jail seems utterly pointless in a tale that seemingly already had the goods needed to flesh out a satisfying journey.

All four missions do provide some decent opportunities for carnage, however — where the main game's world gradually ramped up the threat, filling itself to the brim with zombies over the course of the plot, in each of the side stories the streets are absolutely teeming with zombies that demand wholesale extermination.

In 2017, a remastered version of Superstar Saga was released as the 3DS» third entry, with an added story called «Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser,» involving the Koopa Troop's attempts to rescue Bowser from the problems he gets into during the course of the main plot, while confronting and teaming up with the creatures of the Beanbean Kingdom.

I've got the broad strokes of the story down, and everyone involved in the main plot has already been announced.

Much of the film's back story dealing with the main character's family dysfunctions only serves as a means to jump start the plot back on track when it starts to stall... And that happens a lot.

Attack on Titan contains 20 main plot missions that cover the story of the anime in its entirety — including several of the extra OVA episodes.

Thankfully, the love story is not the driving force of the movie (more of a plot device) unlike so many other movies (e.g., «Titanic» where telling the story of the sinking ship served as the backdrop for the love story between the two main characters).

While the story feels like it is a typical anime plot, the dialogue, character banter between the main cast and the witty but often light nature of the game is what elevates it to a special experience.

The only real problem here is the main story itself, held together by the barest of plot developments and a surprise ending which probably won't be much of a secret to anyone.

The plot device concerning the fact that Tripp still lives at home is unique and gives Failure to Launch some promise, but this is really the only distinctive aspect of the main story.

Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Define the key term «bravery» and understand its position as a theme within the plot; - Read the story «Perseus and Medusa» and interpret the key meanings; - Identify, explain, and analyse the key plot elements and themes in «Perseus and Medusa;» - Storyboard the main plot features in the text; - Engage deeply with the text by inferring the thoughts and feelings of the main character; - Peer assess each other's learning attempts.

It is looking closely at how an author's ideas unfold through a text by examining the main idea, plot, vocabulary, syntax, story patterns and / or point of view through multiple re-readings of a piece of literature or informational text.

These house shaped graphic organizers will provide you with all of the teaching resources that you need for your students to write about the main character, setting, plot, why it would be fun to live in this house with the main character, and a «home sweet home» moment from the story.

Condense the plot to one major arc (any subplots and twists should be left as surprises for readers to find) and introduce only the main characters so readers get an overview of your book's story.

For fiction, this is your opportunity to introduce characters, setting, plot, and the overarching themes of the book, usually framed around the main character's driving goal throughout the story.

3) Remember the main arc or plot of your story.

Hearing it triggers memories for both of the story's main characters, and three hand - made instruments — a single - stringed lute, an oboe, and a drum — set the plot in motion.

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides Nearly 10 years after publishing Middlesex, Eugenides will publish The Marriage Plot — the story of a love triangle that takes place after the three main characters graduate from college in 1982.

This part of the manuscript development is where all the main story, plot, character and message is addressed for holes and inconsistencies.

Some of his stories wander in many different directions, and with «Under the Pyramids» he interrupted the plot to reveal the outcome of the main character's survival, completely disrupting the immaculate tension he had spent whole pages building.

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Here you include a description of the major characters, the plot outline and the main questions or conflicts that drive your story forward.

I'd much rather see more of the main plot and Hinako's story, as those are the ones most shrouded in mystery.

Cox believes DLC should add on via side stories to enhance the main plot, so expect plenty of extra hours come DLC for Lord of Shadows 2.

Story quest work to advance the main plot of the game, paying back your loan.

Story mode showcases the main plot of the game through the eyes of the DC characters or the MK characters, whichever you choose.