One of the most important tools in writing is cause and effect. Cause and effect is important because it helps the audience with logical sequence. It helps to map out events in an order that is easy for the reader to understand. If an author doesn't use cause and effect in a narrative, the story can get very confusing.
One way you can analyze cause and effect is by first identifying the main events. Then you can find causal chains leading up to and after the main events. Once you find the big events, then you can focus on finding what caused them.
When you talked about the story becoming confusing if Cause and Effect isn't used, I pictured an older gentlemen with Alzheimer's Disease trying to tell a story. It let me look at writing kind of like walking. Writing has the goal of reaching an audience, and if your missing a leg, then it's going to be pretty hard to get to the goal.
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