Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Cody's Post

perspective in my opinion is the way in which the reader depicts the aspects of the story, these aspects can be the characters, the setting, the events and everything else that contributes to the overall storyline. I believe that every author has a picture in their head while they write their novels and stories, but those pictures are in "their" heads, not the readers. everyone has different reactions to what they read and different thoughts about what they read. these thoughts and reactions create a picture in their heads of the setting, the characters and everything else in the story. this is all personal and nobody can change that picture because no matter how much you describe it to them, they can never see the exact same thing as u. i also believe that perspective can be a complete mental and emotional thing beyond the minds image. many things that happen in a book or story spark up memories and feelings that people wouldn't normally have. I believe that this is all caused by the persons past and how they felt what the characters are feeling or at least something similar in a way that they can relate to that character and it can humanize that character and make the reader get to know them better and feel like they are a real person.

i apologize for this not being on the blog, but when i was on the page there was no "new post" button and it wouldn't let me do anything, so i will try to figure it out, and i hope this will suffice until i get that sorted out

1 comment:

  1. Can you deny entirely that the author influences the image of the reader? I don't think you can throw that away. Think about the concept of manipulation or rhetoric in a text - why else is it there?

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