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  2. The Answer Man (novella) - Wikipedia

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    After paying the Answer Man, Phil learns that he will not run for the Senate; he is disconcerted when the Answer Man tells him that Jacob will not play baseball at high school. After the three minutes end, the Answer Man's price has changed to $200 (equivalent to $2,348 in 2023) for three minutes, and Phil once again loses consciousness.

  3. Parable of the Good Samaritan - Wikipedia

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    The story's theme is portrayed throughout Marvel's Daredevil. [66] The parable of the Good Samaritan is the theme for the Austrian Christian Charity commemorative coin, minted 12 March 2003. This coin shows the Good Samaritan with the wounded man, on his horse, as he takes him to an inn for medical attention.

  4. Cover to Cover (1965 TV program) - Wikipedia

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    Its host, John Robbins, would introduce young readers to one or two books, then draw scenes as a portion of the book was read. Robbins would then encourage his viewers to find the book in question and read the rest of the story. The program was also known by several other titles, always following the same general format.

  5. Story within a story - Wikipedia

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    All levels tell stories of the same person, Trurl. House of Leaves is the tale of a man who finds a manuscript telling the story of a documentary that may or may not have ever existed, contains multiple layers of plot. The book includes footnotes and letters that tell their own stories only vaguely related to the events in the main narrative of ...

  6. Parable of the drowning man - Wikipedia

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    Two boats and a helicopter, the instruments of rescue most frequently cited in the parable, during a coastguard rescue demonstration. The parable of the drowning man, also known as Two Boats and a Helicopter, is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devoutly Christian man, frequently a minister, who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each ...

  7. What is 'Cat Person'? How the viral short story led to a movie

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    Author Roupenian went on to garner a two-book deal. The story follows Margot, a 20-year-old college student, who meets a 34-year-old man named Robert while working at the local movie theater ...

  8. First-person narrative - Wikipedia

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    First-person narration may sometimes include an embedded or implied audience of one or more people. [15] The story may be told by a person directly undergoing the events in the story without being aware of conveying that experience to readers; alternatively, the narrator may be conscious of telling the story to a given audience, perhaps at a ...

  9. Narration - Wikipedia

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    Narration is a required element of all written stories (novels, short stories, poems, memoirs, etc.), presenting the story in its entirety. It is optional in most other storytelling formats, such as films, plays, television shows and video games, in which the story can be conveyed through other means, like dialogue between characters or visual ...