In real life, each of us only sees three perspectives clearly within a single context.

In our own lives, we know what it's like to stand in our shoes sharing the "I" (Main Character) perspective. We know what it is like to have someone in our face with a contrary position and directly experience the "You" (Impact Character) perspective. We know what it is like to have a relationship with others and directly experience the "We" (Subjective Story) perspective. But we can never stand outside and see ourselves objectively. We cannot directly experience the "They" (Overall Story) perspective when it comes to our own lives. We can only guestimate what it might be based on what we experience, and don't experience, in the other three perspectives.

In other people's lives, we can look at them objectively and see how they fit in. We can directly experience the "They" (Overall Story) perspective. We can have a relationship with other people and directly experience the "We" (Subjective Story) perspective. We can hold positions contrary to other people and directly experience the "You" (Impact Character) perspective. But we can never stand in other people's shoes. We can never directly experience what it is like to be another person and share the "I" (Main Character) perspective with them.

Grand argument stories are special. Grand argument stories give us more than we get in real life. Grand argument stories give us all four perspectives within a single context. They provide us experiences we cannot have in real life.

This quality of grand argument stories helps explain why audiences can watch some stories over and over, long after the storytelling has gone stale. They give meaning to the ambiguous. They provide possible answers to unanswerable questions. They simply allow us the opportunity to experience more than we can in our day-to-day lives.