Why does Jim Murphy begin The Great Fire by describing the interaction between William Lee and Bruno Goll? to illustrate the fac
t that the alarm system failure was nobody’s fault to highlight the fact that the two men had a history of misunderstanding to help the reader understand who was responsible for starting the fire to show the first human failure that contributed to the spread of the fire
To show the first human failure that contributed to the spread of the fire.
Explanation:
"The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy is children's story about the 'Great Fires of Chicago' that burned down almost half of Chicago.
Jim Murphy started the story with the fire and then proceeded to tell of how the families were. By starting the story <em>in medias res</em>, he brings to the point the failures of humans that eventually led to the fire. Though the fire brought out the real issues of the families against each other, Jim didn't mention them before the fire. Instead, he focused on the fire first and then begins the background of the story.
The novel is a story-within-a-story. Creech writes about Sal's road trip to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents, and during the trip, Sal tells her grandparents about her friend Phoebe Winterbottom and the disappearance of Phoebe's mother.
