ABSTRACT
The authors' analysis fell into five parts: first, the description of the person speaking; second, an over-all description of the sequence of events; third, the description of the objective situation in the sequence of events; fourth, a description of the needs, motives, and perceptions of the person speaking; and fifth, a description of the behavioral and other effects of his attitudes. This chapter describes more definitely what the authors mean by a sequence of events. Classification of range was based entirely on the duration of the events; the duration of feeling was analyzed separately. This analysis was extremely important because of a need to differentiate between short-range sequences of events which have lasting consequences and those which have not. The analysis of duration of feelings was of importance primarily for the short-range sequences, since virtually all long-range sequences involve stories in which the feelings are coincidental with the events that are being described.
