Nice story!
On the topic of conflict/ resolution and understanding character motives. I think that you can always justify actions as a storyteller. When it comes to real life it gets more complex because of system 1 and system 2 behaviour's and how each of our brain's reacts differently to different stimuli. I don't think we ever search to make life more difficult, we just think it's more difficult than it actually is.
I agree very much with this view.
All storytelling must exaggerate a bit in order to be a good story. It's a stylistic device and should be enjoyed as such. Storytelling is compressed and exaggarated reality. It leaves out all the ordinary every day tasks and handlings. It has a message and likes to ambassador it.
Unfortunately, movies nowadays appear so realistically that people tend to confuse fiction with reality and think life should or is that way we see it on screen.
Fortunately, people also are much more intelligent as one might assume, on the other hand ;-)
Thanks :)
You're right, I didn't think of that. In that sense stories can function as a means of gaining perspective. Stories can also show us, if intended, that things are in fact less problematic..