**Think about the author's use of structure in "Rules of the Game". How does the author order events? What plot techniques (flashback, flash forward, dream sequence) are used? In 3–5 complete sentences, thoroughly explain how the author's choices regarding structure create tension and/or add to the meaning. Provide at least two specific details from the text to support your analysis of structure.

Answer and Explanation:

In “Rules of the Game,” we can see a text structure where the events happen in a chronological way, where these events are presented with a variability of action and caumaaria that increase the curiosity and the tension of the readers in relation to the story, besides add a strong meaning to the narrative, through the life of Waverly Jong and his experiences.

At the beginning of the text we are presented with the childhood of Waverly Jong, this is important for us to understand the construction of the character and how this construction is affected by the environment and the family with which this character lives and interacts. The main point at this point is to understand the relationship of the character who is American with the mother who is Chinese and how this mixture of cultures affects both.

The author creates a slow narrative, so that everything is very well explained, until Waverly Jong finds the chess game and begins to create tension in her narrative, presenting flashback and flash forward capable of showing well the relationship between mother and daughter being shaped through conflicts and resolutions, with cultural weight as a background.

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