The consideration of the works I analyzed during this class helped to give me more understanding of what the reader would be looking for in a fantasy adventure for younger readers. This helped my writing in a way knowing the story alone is not enough. These specific authors, and the way they kept the story moving, helped to show me that there needs to be something to hook and keep the reader's attention so that they will continue through the story. There needs to be depth in not only the character but also the setting and throughout the entire story. There needs to be something underlying that gives the reader a sense of why the story is happening as well as where it may go.
The subtext in the book City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau is the main thing that I took from analyzing this work. The way that the author gives us hints of things to come helps to know that this is what kept my attention as a reader. This is what made me pick this book specifically because there are so many aspects to a book that this is something that needs to be in my writing. There needs to be something that the reader can pick up on and know that the story is going somewhere exciting. The part in the book where Lina describes Doon by saying, "What was wrong with Doon? He was taking things too seriously, as he always did"
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The reader is completely immersed once Gregor falls into the Underland that, even though there are fantasy aspects, it is written in a way that maybe it could happen and happen to the reader. I think that the way Collins writes not only engages the reader but forces the reader to flip into an imagination that is so much fun to have and use. Most of the time readers lose this way of play through imagination, and I think that when a reader can get back to it, they will be hooked for