Unity

unity: a work of fiction of fiction or nonfiction is said to unified when all of the parts are related to one central idea or organizing principle. Thus, unity is dependent upon coherence. A paragraph may be described as unified in much the same way

A Gathering of Old Men, by Ernest J. Gaines is unified by the story. Though this book may seem disjointed, as it is told by numerous narrators, it is, in actuality, and by necessity, extremely unified. This book gives multiple accounts of the same event, and is unified by the events described. Every person gives their account of the same event. The book needs to be unified for it to be followable; if the book were not unified the story would be practically impossible to understand. The unity provides the story the opportunity to express different views. This gives a more complete view of the story, as the reader is not receiving only one person's biased opinion.