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Why do narratives have such a powerful role in past and present society?…

- - - - Universality
        
        Makes it engaging and relatable
      - human weakness and emotions
- - - - This insight upon past issues which has been currently resolved, gives readers a sense of appreciation of the present.
      - Knowledge can be gained through the exploration of multiple stories. It will allow the reader to step out of their shoes once in a while and to delve into situations which can be too dangerous or not possible to experience, without the assistance of a story. Through this way, a person will have many perspectives to refer to and will better understand the individualistic needs of people.
    - - This play also expresses the theme of fate versus free will and the extent to which we control our own destinies, coupled with appearance versus reality and how people and events are often not as they seem. This is portrayed in characters such as Othello and Iago. These two characters are deceived by one another.
        
        The structural aspects and storylines of Othello and New Boy are vastly different. Othello is a play, that is written in Old English, and is very long-winded. New Boy is written in modern English, and is very concise. A main theme in Othello, was marital trustworthiness. Whilst, the main theme of New Boy was racism and discrimination.
        
        However, both stories are about deception or lack of communication, and judgmentalism. These two narratives also have multiple perspectives, and are written in third person. These two texts have gender division and inequality, as a main feature of the plot. Gender division and inequality is demonstrated in New Boy in quotes such as "Until fifth grade, boys and girls had sometimes played together and declared themselves friends. But for the last two years of school, they'd separated and stayed with their own gender - unless they spent furtive moments together out of sight" - page 18 and "but at least it wasn't pink" - page 39. In Othello this theme was represented through Othello's reference to Desdemona as "O cursed, cursed slave!" and "Even like thy chastity"; which shows that women were labelled by their weaker position in power, and their marital status - this emphasises gender inequality. Alongside this reference, contextually this displays men's inability to communicate effectively with women especially during the Shakespearean era.