Writers decide to start their texts different to others, they can follow a pattern; however, a writer chooses how they want to start their text, for example, a reoccurring beginning in Rossetti’s poetry is ‘in medias res’ where we are not given context and as readers we are thrown straight into the story. Another example is ‘The Great Gatsby’ which starts with the narrator, Nick Carraway, begins the novel by commenting on himself; furthermore, ‘The Kite Runner’ starts with the protagonist reminiscing about the past, this can easily be compared to the ‘The Great Gatsby’ These texts beginnings are very significant because they are the first words we read in their text and we need to be engaged in order to read further on.
The significance of the beginning in Rossetti’s poetry has different beginnings, however, a theme that keeps surfacing is her use of ‘In Medias Res’ which gives no context to what is going on in the story, as a result the reader might think this is intriguing and wish to read on through the text to find the context and therefore the use of ‘in medias res’ in her poetry is effective. A prime example of ‘in Medias res’ is ‘Maude
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The significance of these beginnings is looking at the past and how you deal with it ‘I’ve learned, about how you can bury it’ furthermore, in ‘The Kite Runner’ we are – much like Rossetti’s poetry- not given some context on the story, for example, we are told he has been looking into a deserted alley way for the last twenty six years, as readers we are intrigued by this and we want to find out what he means by this, therefore, we are compelled to read