1. By Joseph Scott

2. About Todorov  Born March 1, 1939 (age 76) Sofia, Bulgaria  ResidenceParis, France  NationalityFrench/Bulgarian  Has won many awards  his father Todor Borov Todorov, was a university professor, and his mother Haritina Todorova, was a librarian. After taking his M.A. in philology at the University of Sofia in 1963, he emigrated to France and enrolled at the University of Paris. Roland Barthes directed his doctoral thesis, which was published in 1967 as Littérature et signification (literature and meaning).

3. Todorovs Theory  Basically Todorov believes that most stories/plots follow the same 5 steps.  1.Equilibrium  2.Disruption  3.Realisation  4.Restored order  5.Equilibrium again  He also believed the story would always follow a linear path.

4. 1.Equilibrium  This means, a calm and normal beginning.  For example the start of Jurassic world.

5. 2.Disruption  When something stops the equilibrium.  Forces the hero to act  For example: when they believe the indominus rex has escaped

6. 3.realisation  The moment when the people realize what the problem is.  When the park realizes they cant stop the dinosaur

7. 4.Restored order  When the hero/main character attempts to fix the problem or they realize how to.  When the main character goes to stop the indominus rex

8. 5.Equilibrium again  When Equilibrium is restored  After the problem is fixed (happy ending)  When the kids reunite with their parents

9. Movies that follow todorovs theory  Jurassic world/park  Simpsons movie  Guardians of the galaxy  Big hero 6  Captain America: winter soldier  Transformers

10. Movies that don’t  The maze runner  Memento  Pulp fiction  Movies that either don’t follow a linear path or if there was no equilibrium in the movie in the first place.