Jennifer+and+chaeri+Media+res

Video Clip:
In Media Res This video is an example of in media res because it starts off in the middle when Chaeri is running up the stairs. Then it goes on to explain why she is running up the stairs.

Definition:
**// IN MEDIAS RES //** (Latin: "In the middle[s] of things"): This is the classical tradition of opening a plot not in the chronological point at which the sequence of events would start, but rather at the midway point of the story. Later on in the narrative, the hero will recount verbally or physically what events took place earlier. Usually this is a technique used to heighten dramatic tension or to create a greater sense of mystery.

Definition Citation: "Literary Terms and Definitions" [] Updated 26th of August 2009

**Wuthering Heights**: This is a book that is clearly not in chronological order. The book starts off with a visitor who comes to Heathecliff's residence and then goes back in time to explain the mysteries introduced in the beginning such as the ghost and the carving letters of "catherine". Then it jumps to the end where it explains the life of Catherine and Heathecliff's children.


 * C.S.I. Series:** The C.S.I. series books are examples of media res because the plot initially begins in the middle-sequence of the narration where the investigation team is observing the crime scene and then goes back to the beginning where the murder is explained.

Thematic Examples:

 * I Served the King of England:** In this film, the narration launches at the middle of the chornological sequence, as the protagonist Jan Dite is released out of prison at an old age. He recalls his glamorous and eventful past and the plot progresses through the middle again and onto when Jan out of the prison begins his life again at a deserted household.