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Why do we (generally) love when stories come “full circle”?

Hello all,

I teach a college writing course, and when I teach students to write personal essays, I advise them to reincorporate an aspect from earlier in their essay into their conclusion.

For example, if a student brings up a metaphor/symbol (e.g. a rubik’s cube) early in their writing, I advise them to invoke it again in their conclusion.

I do this because I know from experience that we as humans *love* when stories come full circle. We also see this in comedy (particularly stand-up) when a comic will make an early joke, get some laughs, but later reincorporate the same joke into their act and get a significantly larger reaction.

I know this works, but I don’t know *why* this works.

Can anyone point me to where I could find more information on this subject?

Thank you!
gpt
We like it when "we are in on it". It's a sense of being a part of the group. We are deeply deeply social animals. It's why children will watch a show over and over again because they like to be "in on the know."