In this weeks readings it was very interesting to analyze the small effects small details can have on a whole part of a piece of writing. Even if that detail is something simple like a name. If the name is unusual the character may be unusual and not an everyday person. They may also dislike their identity and just want to be normal. This can drive a characters way of acting and thinking just based off of something so small as a name.
Contrastly a person with the same boring John name can equally be affected by their name. Maybe that character is just a very normal person, like his name. Then again he could also strive to break out of his boring constraints in an attempt to be an individual and not just another John. It could also cause severe jealousy to the people with the abnormal names resembling the one he truly wants. All of these details can be derived from a source as simple as a name.
It is very important for a good reader/ writer to be able to analyze what they are reading on a much deeoer scale. Every story is essentially a bunch of small parts stacked upon eachother to make up the whole. It takes almost an small understanding of psychology to be able to interpret a writers meaning. To be a good reader we must not hesitate to step out of our normal way of thinking and draw as many conclusions as possible from what we have read. Say what you feel even if your assumptions are far from normal it is still good to show that you can use reading as a tool to envoke your logical, or creative, thinking.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Car Crashes
The plain of salty, soggy grass is broken by a straight of narrow hardened concrete. Yellow lines draw me away and yellow lines guide me home. Upon the rocky staight lays two broken, damaged metal bodies. Both bodies are host to a pair of deceased remains whos spirits are long gone by now, one a husband and wife, one mother and child. The glass eyes flicker, momentarily illuminating the deep night. For a moment this terrible night of darkness and tragedy becomes visible and safe.
The husband was a nameless man, and shall remain nameless for his actions turn him into a fiend. I feel no sorrow for the man whom is destruction and death upon the undeserving. The half empty bottle that still sits in his saddle, only having its neck cracked by the steering wheel, was the catalyst for what happened here tonight. Their limp cages lay motionless and peaceful. They appear to be safe and sound, and they are for nothing will hurt them anymore. Sirens approach, and soon family's worlds will be deconstucted. A husband will become a widow, forever lost and suffering, left to wander in his past memories of the love of his life and the daughter he created. His suffering will soon drive him to join them and they may begin a happily ever after.
Three children will become orphans, no longer fearing a father who laid hands upon them. No longer resenting a mother who did nothing to stop it. They may go to the same family, or be split up as orphans tend to be. The consequences of that night will forever effect all involved. It all came back to the husband who couldn't let his wife drive after he consumed far too much. The wife who was too afraid to take a stand and leave that horrible man and refuse him the keys. Tragedy will not be cured with blame, it won't be rationalized by hate. It must be suffered through for its entirety, and that may be the most tragic fact of all.
The husband was a nameless man, and shall remain nameless for his actions turn him into a fiend. I feel no sorrow for the man whom is destruction and death upon the undeserving. The half empty bottle that still sits in his saddle, only having its neck cracked by the steering wheel, was the catalyst for what happened here tonight. Their limp cages lay motionless and peaceful. They appear to be safe and sound, and they are for nothing will hurt them anymore. Sirens approach, and soon family's worlds will be deconstucted. A husband will become a widow, forever lost and suffering, left to wander in his past memories of the love of his life and the daughter he created. His suffering will soon drive him to join them and they may begin a happily ever after.
Three children will become orphans, no longer fearing a father who laid hands upon them. No longer resenting a mother who did nothing to stop it. They may go to the same family, or be split up as orphans tend to be. The consequences of that night will forever effect all involved. It all came back to the husband who couldn't let his wife drive after he consumed far too much. The wife who was too afraid to take a stand and leave that horrible man and refuse him the keys. Tragedy will not be cured with blame, it won't be rationalized by hate. It must be suffered through for its entirety, and that may be the most tragic fact of all.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Blog Post 3/6
Upon reading the Oates story found in our fiction PDF I realized just how complex writing fiction really is. You have to do research or know from personal experience how a situation feels an effects a person. If I wrote a story about being a lawyer, but I wasn't a lawyer and did nothing to figure out what being a lawyer was actually like I would not be paining a accurate enough picture for my audience. In Oate's story he told a first person perspective from a girl who was abducted by a serial killer. If you had no prior knowledge you would swear it was written by an actual abduction victim.
The story took a turn as the abducted began developing "feelings" for her abductor. It is a very common occurrence in those who have been kidnapped. The illness is called Stockholm Syndrome which is where a person who is abducted begins to build a relationship with the person who took them. When it comes to writing the story from first person perspective not only do yo have to know about the illness, but you have to give a analysis of how it affects your character internally as well. That is not an easy feat, like I said maybe she did experience this or had the chance to speak with someone who experienced this or just researched people who experienced this.
The complexity of the girl in that story was unreal. The way she described her injuries and how it symbolized a metamorphoses of her character from the beginning of the story until the end. She began as a scared, fearful person but as her relationship built with the lunatic she gained a sort of numbness to her pain. I believe this was due to the killer wanting to numb her to death in a attempt to shape her to his ideal bride stature. Though I felt the story could have took the characters a little bit further I feel it was a very excellent, unsettling piece of fiction.
The story took a turn as the abducted began developing "feelings" for her abductor. It is a very common occurrence in those who have been kidnapped. The illness is called Stockholm Syndrome which is where a person who is abducted begins to build a relationship with the person who took them. When it comes to writing the story from first person perspective not only do yo have to know about the illness, but you have to give a analysis of how it affects your character internally as well. That is not an easy feat, like I said maybe she did experience this or had the chance to speak with someone who experienced this or just researched people who experienced this.
The complexity of the girl in that story was unreal. The way she described her injuries and how it symbolized a metamorphoses of her character from the beginning of the story until the end. She began as a scared, fearful person but as her relationship built with the lunatic she gained a sort of numbness to her pain. I believe this was due to the killer wanting to numb her to death in a attempt to shape her to his ideal bride stature. Though I felt the story could have took the characters a little bit further I feel it was a very excellent, unsettling piece of fiction.
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