Narrative Devices dominate P.I. Moms story

Story of mastermind's tragic downfall filled with elements that make it undeniably irresistible

It is one of the most bizarre, yet mezmorizing stories anyone had ever heard of; beautiful soccer moms who were living double lives as private invesitigators, also known as "P.I. Moms." These modern day Charlie's Angels took down the bad guys and were featured in People Magazine, and appeared on the Today Show and Fox, but this cult of superwomen could not have been made possible without the ultimate visionary who created them, Chris Butler. As intriguing as this story is, the most memorable part of it are the narrative devices that shape it into the masterpiece in truly came to be.

Pete Brooks, a reporter for Diablo Magazine, was doing a feauturette on the P.I. Moms and for Pete to truly understand their job, he joined them one day for a routine stake-out, except the stakeout was anything but ordinary. The ladies and Pete endured an 8 hour stake-out involving a cheating fiance and his mistress.  To Pete, this was all to good to be true until the moms ensured him everything that was happening was indeed real. But on Monday, January 3rd, Pete recieved an e-mail for an anynomous source saying that it would be a mistake to print his story because it was a setup. One of the narative devices comes into play here: the dramatic question. Pete wonders, "What was Chris Butler up to?" Whatever it was, Pete was going to get to the bottom of it.

As the narrative continues, it is revealed that the source happens to be none other than one of Chris' employees, Carl Mariano, who was posing as a fake backup detective. An anecdote is provided by Carl who shares his experience of being involved with Chris Butler and his shady business. Carl's anecdote provides the reader with the erie and underhanded cases and dealings that Chris was involved in. The audience truly understands several things, from why Pete was decieved to just how clever Chris was when it came to conducting his cases.

The complication of this story is another element that helps to create its omnipresent mysterious ambiance. Carl, who informs Pete of the false accusations that were presented to him, gets deeper into Chris' web of deceit. Because of Chris, Carl was now expanding into full on crimes, like dealing drugs. Chris was not going to compromise himself, so he seeks out the help of law enforcement to help take Chris down in action. Carl's having to react shows that this instance was Chris Butler's tragic flaw in judgement.

The resolution of this story sums everything up quite well. A quote from Chris Butler says, "People want to believe you, you don't have to do much and they'll follow you along." This element is the icing on the cake. Not only does it prove that Chris was a liar all along who fabricated the truth to get people to believe it, but it also indicates that as an audience member, we as a society want to believe people and as long as they have a somewhat susbstantial amount of evidence to backup what they are saying, we will believe them all the way to the very end.

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