This would be "in media res" meaning "in the middle of things." It begins, quite frankly, in the middle of things and carries on from there.
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Is this it if so i don't see where it says that.
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to set up the central conflict between the families, to invoke feelings of sympathy in the audience, and to inform the audience where the story takes place
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It allows the reader to see how the character came to be who he or she is currently, it creates realism in the text, it creates tension between the narrator and the character, etc.