Nadine Gordimer's purpose in the story "Once Upon A Time" is differs from the typical children's story. In a typical children's story there is a problem, a climax and a conclusion, Gordimer’s story is very unconventional in the fact that it just ends with a death of a “prince.”
Gordimer starts the story in a non-fictional state and then progresses the story into the fictional part of the story; this brings a certain part actuality into this story, where usually the story begins in a fictional state. She uses symbols and irony to portray her the purpose of the story. Gordimer starts her grisly tale with an average family inside a gated community. The community was guarded by a large concrete walls with serrated barbed wire all over. Inside
Gordimer starts the story in a non-fictional state and then progresses the story into the fictional part of the story; this brings a certain part actuality into this story, where usually the story begins in a fictional state. She uses symbols and irony to portray her the purpose of the story. Gordimer starts her grisly tale with an average family inside a gated community. The community was guarded by a large concrete walls with serrated barbed wire all over. Inside