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Todorovs model of narrative development

Finding Nemo

Equilibrium - Nemo is swimming about at his home in the ocean and swims up to the edge and sees a boat.
Disruption - Nemo listens to his mates who told him to touch the boat and does it, he gets grabbed out of the water and taken away.
Recognition -Nemo realises that his chances of finding his parents again is slim.
Attemps to resolve-His dad tries to find to find him.
Climax- Nemo pretends he's dead and gets flushed down the toilet into the ocean.
Closure - Dory , Nemo and his dad all reunite and go back to how things always were.

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