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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Style
Episodes
An episode is usually a brief segment of action within a larger work that can be separated from that larger work. It is similar to a parenthetical remark. The term comes from the Greek word epeisodion, meaning "following upon the entrance." In Greek drama, an episode occurs between choric songs. While the chorus began as an ensemble of fifty or more men, by the time of Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus,1604) the chorus had shrunk to a single man reciting a prologue and epilogue.
In Flagg's novel, there are several choruses and a multitude of episodes narrated by a thirdperson omniscient narrator. The most objective chorus is composed of news clippings. The other chorus is the exchange between Evelyn and Mrs. Threadgoode, who, in proper choric fashion, comment on the characters' heroic actions. In between the choruses, the stories of the people of Whistle Stop are filled in. Only by...
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