Story Grid Analysis of Stories
The Postman by David Brin
Post-Apocalypse/ Action Genre
WARNING: This reveals the key scenes and ending for the book titled The Postman by David Brin.
I read this book when I was in high school and I really loved it. I was really excited when I heard they would make it into a movie, but I was a little disappointed in the result. Besides the fact that they changed a lot of the plot and the ending, it wasn’t until now, as a Certified Story Grid Editor, that I can put my finger on why the ending was so unsatisfactory. More on that at the end of the post.
Amazon’s Summary
He was a survivor — a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war.
Fate touches him one chill winter’s day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin’s The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of…
