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In the introduction to structural analysis of narratives, Barthes points out that, “narrative begins with the history of mankind ...no nation is without narratives: all social classes, all human groups have their own narratives, and very often they bring equal enjoyment to people of different cultures. Narrative is international, trans-historical and transcultural. It is in the world like life.”There is narrative in myth, legend, fables, fairytales, novellas, novels, history, novel, epos, tragedy, drama, comedy, pictures, comics, events and conversation. In these almost infinite forms, narrative exists at all times, in all corners of the earth, in all societies. Narrative begins with the history of mankind. Human beings are brought up and are living in a world of stories. It is in a way imagination is constructing world around him. He shapes the world according to what he has heard and lived. In other words they analyze the past from the stories they hear and enter the present world. So here past experience is making them to live a meaningful present life. Narrative experience focuses on the past, whereas narrative inquiry focuses on the whole phenomenon of living.The stories they heard in a way fulfill their world and assist them in framing societies.