Why does the author use flashback?

Answer 1

Not all writers use flashbacks in their work. Stories are actually easier to read if they proceed in chronological order. However sometimes the writer wants to wait to give you the background information until after you are caught up in the current situation. In such a case he or she will employ a flashback to tell the backstory.

In some cases, the flashback is only pertinent to the situation at hand, and having this information earlier in the story would have been pointlessly premature. Sometimes a character will be introduced at some point, and a flashback used to illustrate some facet of that character, or why he acts the way that he does.

Answer 2

An author uses flashbacks in his story so the reader has a better understanding of what is going on, or, because of the flashback, the reader can infer why the character or characters did the action or said something in a story.

Answer 3

So the audience can know whats going on in the story if your talking about the past.