Short Story Reflection

For my creative piece, I have created a short story. I chose to utilise a short story because I wanted to appeal to our fast-paced lives and allow for readers to be able to satisfy their urge for literature in a short space of time. The main purpose of my text is to entertain the reader. Moreover, I wrote a fictional short story, to spur the imagination of the reader. I read a vast array of novels including The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and Guardians of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky which were fictional stories. I was inspired by how the authors of these texts were able to create an imaginary world in which they were able to create empathy between the audience and the narrator. I wrote a fictional short story because I wanted to give the audience

After I read the novel, The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore I was inspired by the mode of first person. This enables the audience to see through the main character’s perspective and allows for the reader to make personal and emotional connections to the protagonist. It is for this reason that I have written my short story in the mode of first person. For my text, I seek to engage young adolescences, which is why I have written it from the perspective of a teenager. This allows for me to create language and feelings that teenagers may experience during their young adolescent years. The main idea of my short story was to create a plot that endorses the themes of treachery and condemnation. I incorporated this in my text to give a contrasting moral effect in which the accepted righteous morals of society are juxtaposed to the actions of the

This is most evident in the metaphor, “His photographs are rooms one can step into”. I really like how the metaphor brings the “photographs” alive and this portrays a really powerful image. This metaphor inspired me to employ similar language conventions to create this array of sensory imagery in my own writing. This was most evident in my short story in the quote, “Before advancing towards Caligo, colossal caliginous clouds clustered together on the horizon, bringing forth roaring winds and pouring rain”. The alliteration, “colossal caliginous clouds clustered”, is used to create rhythm and mood and this helps to develop the setting of this scene. Furthermore, the use of alliteration gives structure, flow and cohesion to my piece of writing. The use of literary techniques has really helped me to establish the background in my short story and enhance my own