It's not exactly uncommon for a narrative to suddenly jump to a seemingly unrelated scene, only for the threads to weave themselves back together by the end. It

It's not exactly uncommon for a narrative to suddenly jump to a seemingly unrelated scene, only for the threads to weave themselves back together by the end. It's a standard literary trope. Fair enough, it is often a feature of bad writing. You should probably read this article though. His recent post about syria was excellent as well, and more concrete than this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/the_baby_and_the_baath_water http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/the_baby_and_the...