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Literary Hack - Plot Elements


Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - Extract by Samuel Langhorn Clemens
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Primary Plot

Initial Situation
: Stormfield headed for the hereafter :
" ...whereas I was pointed straight as a dart for the Hereafter... "

Complication
: Stormfield arrives at the wrong heavenly gate :
" "'Well, quick! Where are you from?'" "'San Francisco,' says I." "'San Fran--WHAT?' says he." "'San Francisco'". "He scratched his head and looked puzzled, then he says--" "'Is it a planet?'" "


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