Figure 2
From: The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic shapes
Annotated emotional arc of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , by JK Rowling, inspired by the illustration made by Medaris for The Why Files [ 23 ]. The entire seven book series can be classified as a ‘Kill the monster’ plot [24], while the many sub plots and connections between them complicate the emotional arc of each individual book: this plot could not be readily inferred from the emotional arc alone. The emotional arc shown here, captures the major highs and lows of the story, and should be familiar to any reader well acquainted with Harry Potter. Our method does not pick up emotional moments discussed briefly, perhaps in one paragraph or sentence (e.g., the first kiss of Harry and Ginny). We provide interactive visualizations of all Project Gutenberg books at http://hedonometer.org/books/v3/1/ and a selection of classic and popular books at http://hedonometer.org/books/v1/.