Welcome to our storytelling session, where data comes alive on the pages of ggplot2! Today, you'll develop the ability to weave multiple data narratives together onto a single canvas. This process is much akin to assembling a scrapbook, where each photo or plot, in this case, adds depth to the story. By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to create a multi-plot narrative by using layers on the same axis and within a single figure using R syntax.

Imagine you're building a scrapbook. Each page can hold multiple pictures, and you have the freedom to decide where each photo goes. Subplots function similarly, assisting us in positioning multiple charts within a plot grid. We'll learn how to organize our data tales neatly on a page using subplots in R, specifically a R package called cowplot.

Here's a detailed example of creating subplots:

plot_grid organizes the plots within a grid. By setting ncol = 2, we arrange plots like photos on a scrapbook page, telling parts of the larger story side by side.