What New Understandings Of Shirley Jackson's Style And Craft Do You Now Have?
Reflection
What new understandings of Shirley Jackson's style and craft do you now have?
After thoroughly reading the stories and talking to others about their discoveries, I have found many new understandings about the author’s style and craft. I have found out that Shirley Jackson uses a plot twist in her stories towards the end so she leaves the reader to piece together the story. This is very effective, because the reader is forced to think about what they just read, therefore they will fully understand the story and its lesson. I also found out that part of her craft is she gives out little hints about what is to come. However, these hints are not understanded by the reader because the meaning of these hints hasn’t been uncovered. This makes the reader go back into the story, and think about what those hints really meant.
What new understandings do you have of writers and their techniques and goals? …show more content…
By making the reader think, they will understand the story better as well as the lesson. One understanding I have of writers techniques is that giving characters details and personalities is very important. I think this because without a personality and details to a character, they are worthless to a reader because a reader won’t think of them. For example, in “Charles” by Shirley Jackson, Charles is given a persona so the reader will think about him and really become connected to the fact that he is a bad kid. Then it turns out that Charles is fake. But, without the detailed persona of Charles, the story wouldn’t be as convincing, and there would be no plot
What new understandings of Shirley Jackson's style and craft do you now have?
After thoroughly reading the stories and talking to others about their discoveries, I have found many new understandings about the author’s style and craft. I have found out that Shirley Jackson uses a plot twist in her stories towards the end so she leaves the reader to piece together the story. This is very effective, because the reader is forced to think about what they just read, therefore they will fully understand the story and its lesson. I also found out that part of her craft is she gives out little hints about what is to come. However, these hints are not understanded by the reader because the meaning of these hints hasn’t been uncovered. This makes the reader go back into the story, and think about what those hints really meant.
What new understandings do you have of writers and their techniques and goals? …show more content…
By making the reader think, they will understand the story better as well as the lesson. One understanding I have of writers techniques is that giving characters details and personalities is very important. I think this because without a personality and details to a character, they are worthless to a reader because a reader won’t think of them. For example, in “Charles” by Shirley Jackson, Charles is given a persona so the reader will think about him and really become connected to the fact that he is a bad kid. Then it turns out that Charles is fake. But, without the detailed persona of Charles, the story wouldn’t be as convincing, and there would be no plot