We now come to the application of the method of narrative criticism to the text of the Johannine passion narrative (chapters 18–19). In what follows, the chapters correspond to their equivalents in part I. So in chapter 5 I expose John 18–19 to practical criticism, with particular emphasis upon structure, characterization, themes, symbolism and narrative echo effects. In chapter 6, I shall look at the genre of John 18–19 using categories drawn from the functional analysis of narrative (structuralism). In chapter 7, I look at the social function of these chapters for John's original addressees. In chapter 8, I look at the narrativity of the history of Jesus' passion, the narrativity of John's source for that history, and the artistic contribution of the storyteller in the final major stage of the composition of these chapters. In choosing chapters 18–19 of John's story, I have been particularly conscious of the lack of literary and narrative criticism of this carefully constructed and well-rounded narrative text. Apart from two somewhat disappointing articles by C. H. Giblin (1984; 1986), an interesting essay on the dramatic qualities of John 18–19 by Ehrman (1983), and some literary insights in the commentaries of Brown, Ellis and Sloyan, the main trends for the analysis of these chapters have emphasized sources (Goguel, 1910; Buse, 1957; Borgen, 1959; Dauer, 1972; von Wahlde, 1989; Fortna, 1989), historical tradition (Haenchen, 1970; Bruce, 1980; Robinson, 1985), theology (Pfitzner, 1976; Lindars, 1977; Thompson, 1988) and symbolism (Schwank, 1964; Dauer, 1967; de la Potterie, 1969).