For the purpose of enticing emotion and bringing about a desire in readers to continue indulging in the text, the appeal of emotions through succinct language is utilized. In speaking of personal connections, Cullen appeals to readers’ emotions by using specific background stories of characters in order to ferment a personal connection between the two. For example,
The novel ‘Jasper Jones’ written by Craig Silvey and the film ‘Dressmaker’ directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse have connected to the audience and use of narratives conventions in very similar ways. The ways that they have succeed doing this is through characteristics, plot and setting. By looking into how they are used by the author/ director widen the knowledge and have deeper in-depth understanding on how authors and directors use them to connect with the audience. The author and director have used characteristics to connect with the audience by using relatable situations like peer pressure, disliked by people, challenges and traumatic experiences.
The authors use of literary devices give readers the ability to learn, comprehend, and relate the events and characters in the novel to real life situations and
Jacqueline Woodson believed in exposing children to sensitive topics because sensitive topic are a part of life. Children are not insulated from the harsh realities of life. The earlier children realize the issues that affect them in society, the more likely they will be a survivor. Realistic fiction can be integrated with social studies and other subjects because some part if not all parts of the stories can be found in reality. Realistic fiction, although they are made up stories, often tells the stories that many people can identify with. These stories often includes references of places and events that are part of our society.
Without storytelling many important key factors like communication, as well as religion,, and many other things would not exist. This book portrays storytelling flawlessly, describing it as an important representation of life.
Jonathan Gottschall talks about how the fiction genre affects the community in the essay, “Why Fiction Is Good for You.” He takes us through the highs and lows of the genre, and talks about how different groups of people view fiction books. Gottschall uses professional opinions, and factual evidence to explain how fiction builds morality of individuals and society. In his essay, Gottschall tells us how the different genres affect us.
The cultivation of a person blends in with his/her understanding of stories
Readers generally connect more with the characters than the plot of a story. Characters are like the brushes used to paint an artwork. The story is carried through them and their actions. Minor characters affect the book less, and major characters leave a lasting impression. In a study from Ohio State University it was discovered that, "When you 'lose yourself' inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end up changing your own behavior and thoughts to match that of the character" (Grabmeire 1).
This sense of hostility springs forth from the misconstrued view of literature being the superior art form among the two, extending to the apparent artistic inferiority of cinematic adaptations, which seemingly “betrays” its source material. But the idea of cinema as a potent and dynamic art
This is shown when the characters in this novel speak out against a concept they know nothing about. Therefore, the literary terms an author uses can make an immense impact to the connections the reader makes to a novel, and help to shape a theme that is found throughout
Storytelling can be described as a powerful tool, with the ability to reach many different individuals and affect their perspectives through the messages they are conveying. Narratives in a similar sense can have perverse effects on human consciousness, leaving impacts of how we think, feel, imagine, remember and relate. Mitchell states that popular fiction is important to society as it contains many important messages that can be disguised as social transformation or ideological revisioning due to the large and diverse audience that it is able to reach (Mitchell, 2012). The focus will be to examine four different popular fiction narratives from this term and the important messages within them that aid or encourage some aspect of social transformation.
Literature is a medium that enables people to effectively express their opinions and perspectives. Being the vast genre that it is, fiction presents writers with the opportunity to utilize literary devices in their pieces. These devices help in communicating the message of the author’s work. Several fictional texts use common literary devices such as metaphors, similes, symbols, and imagery. These devices allow for writers to personally involve readers with the author’s message.
Storytelling has been a part of people's’ lives since the beginning of time. It started with just verbal communication, then it was translated into written word, and now there hundreds of ways to tell those same stories. Movies and books, for example, are two very different ways to tell stories to an audience. A story can be a book, but not a movie or vice versa. Many books are made into movies, but lose major elements in translation.
In the seventh chapter of Pierre Bayard’s, “How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read”, Bayard recounts the struggles of anthropologist Laura Bohannan to describe “Hamlet” to the Tiv tribe of West Africa. The Tiv have no previous knowledge of Hamlet and therefore have a unique stance on the story. Bayard uses the Tiv’s untainted opinion of Hamlet to exemplify how not having read a book can stand to benefit you while discussing said book. It is also in this chapter that Bayard introduces the idea of the inner book. The inner book is the idea that a reader unconsciously makes judgements on a book or a piece of writing based on previous depictions.
Every literary work has its own purpose of existence and no literary is the same. There is always literary work for someone to be interested in. the authors use different techniques in order to attract the readers, such as rhythm, rhyme, characters, settings, characters, theme, and conflict and other techniques. One of the elements that literature allow the readers to use is the imagination in order to visualize what the author message is in his story or poem. Some stories, poems or drama are based from the writer’s personal experience, such as the conflict with they have with society because of their race, gender or ethnicity.
