Story Discussion
Question Description
1 paragraph only
For that essay you will be asked to write an analysis the story.
For this journal assignment, the first step in approaching a literaryanalysis is to familiarize yourself with the story. That means readingit more than once and exploring a variety of possible topics. One way toexplore topics is described in your reading from this unit:
After reading your story, a topic may just jump out at you, or youmay have recognized a pattern or identified a problem that youd like tothink about in more detail. What is a pattern or a problem?
A pattern can be the recurrence of certain kinds of imagery orevents. Usually, repetition of particular aspects of a story (similarevents in the plot, similar descriptions, even repetition of particularwords) tends to render those elements more conspicuous.
A problem, on the other hand, is something in the story that bugs youor that doesnt seem to add up. A character might act in some waythats unaccountable, a narrator may leave out what we think isimportant information (or may focus on something that seems trivial), ora narrator or character may offer an explanation that doesnt seem tomake sense to us. Not all problems lead in interesting directions, butsome definitely do and even seem to be important parts of the story.(UNC Writing Center)
Identify at least one pattern or problem with the story you havechosen. Describe the pattern or problem in detail, using quotations fromthe story where necessary. After you have done this, try to makeconnections between that pattern or problem and the theme of thestory. These ideas may or may not become part of your essay; that’s Ok.The purpose here is not to write a rough draft, but simply to becomemore familiar with the story.
This journal entry should be at least 300 words.
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