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An ending can change an earlier impression - Online practice 1

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Original short sequence, 'Trophy': Arun polished the trophy while the others waited. He lifted it towards the light, then placed it in the youngest runner's hands. Last, he removed the label bearing his own name. Consider what a reader knows at each point. A final detail can reframe an earlier action; it does not make every first impression certain or erase the earlier facts.

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  1. Which late detail in 'Trophy' changes how the earlier behaviour may be understood?
  2. How would placing that late detail at the beginning of 'Trophy' change the reader's experience?
  3. Does this order prove every reader of 'Trophy' must initially judge the character negatively?

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