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    THE POWER OF THREE

    Jan 06, 2022 6 minutes

    This month’s story tells us what it’s going to do right from the first sentence. Three by Andrea Lee starts out by telling us it is going to be the story of three people who have died, and that’s what it delivers. As always, you’ll get the most out of this masterclass if you read the story for yourself, but please be aware that there are some sensitive and potentially upsetting themes in this story: https://writ.rs/andrealee

    We know the number three is going to be important in the story since it appears in the title and then is immediately reflected in the first sentence. We know that we are going to hear about three people who are important to the narrator: Ombretta, Francescon and Remo. The three people are all connected to the narrator, and in various ways to each other.

    Notice how the three strands of the story intertwine as the three people’s lives and deaths overlap. Ombretta dies

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