Visualizing a sequence of events can give the reader a sense of coherence and harmony in the story that he/she is reading. When events are sequentially arranged, the reader has a clearer picture on what is about to happen in the story that he/she is reading. Aside from this, comprehension will be at par because the events have already been mapped or laid out in the mind.
To write about a personal experience.
I think you should read it yourself
The narrator, diedrich knickerbocker, is an unreliable narrator because he heard this story from others and did not believe the story, himself.