This was the week of fog. We had a fog delay on Tuesday and then a fog-caused cancellation on Thursday. While this was great for my sleeping schedule, it made it hard because we missed a fair amount of class this week. Regardless, we still accomplished a few things in the short time that we were given. Most of our time was spent working on the unit that we began last week. I am working with Jess, and together we decided to pick Characterization and Point of View as our elements of fiction that we wanted to study. We didn’t get extremely far into our topic, but we were able to read our Characterization chapter, and begin one of the short stories that goes with it. At first, I was a little skeptical of reading the chapters that we were given. I thought they were going to be like any average textbook, where they just give you lots of useless facts and boring information. This was different however, as I found myself really agreeing and connecting with what the characterization chapter was saying. One of the main points discussed was about characters who aren’t perfect heroes, and how they are more likely found in literature instead of the average story. I found myself thinking of my favorite characters, and how they all have flaws that they learn from. That is my favorite part of reading; watching these flawed characters and how they react. It makes them feel real, like a friend, instead of just someone you wish you could be. After reading this chapter, I very excited to read the next one, and to compare our findings to the short stories we will analyze. This website shows different examples of characterization. http://www.literarydevices.com/characterization/
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Josephine
10/11/2016 05:35:30 am
Despite the fog delays and cancellations, I see that you were still able to start your Literature project. I also think considering characterization is important because the conflicts that arise can be very telling for plot development.
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