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A 10 page research paper that analyzes the narrative structure of the film Groundhog Day. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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that summarizes the film. The second part of the discussion, first of all, describes the elements of narrative structure, that is, the framework involved in chronologically sequenced storyline. The final
section of the paper applies this framework to Groundhog Day, which demonstrates how this film follows this analytical framework. Part 1: The Narrative Structure of Groundhog Day Groundhog Day
begins by introducing the audience to the principal characters. Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is a weatherman for a TV station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is sent to Punxsutawney, PA, to
cover the annual Groundhog Day Festival with producer Rita Hanson and a cameraman, Larry. This exposition reveals Phil to be a self-centered, macho jerk, who never thinks of others or
considers anyone elses perspective or comfort but his own. Rita and Larry stay at a motel, while Phil has been booked into a bed-and-breakfast inn, as she guessed that he
would be difficult to please in terms of accommodations. There is also additional insight offered into Phils character when he runs into Ned Ryerson, whom he should remember from
high school, but obviously does not until Ned reminds him that he used to go with Phils sister, until Phil told him not to anymore (Groundhog Day). This shows
that Phil has always been a jerk, even in his youth, as first of all, he dismissed ordinary people, such as Ned, as beneath him and his family, even then.
Ned is annoying, but obviously Phils sister liked him enough to date him four times until Phil intervened in her personal life. The fact that he did this offers a
little history to Phils character development that shows him to have been absurdly self-centered even as a young man and that this character trait has only grown worse with
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