Thursday, February 11, 2016
How does the perspective of the narrator change the story? What do you think the author is trying to convey with this? Samantha Shipley
Does a Narrator Influence a Story?
In The Color Purple, a young fourteen year-old girl named Celie tells her perspective of life in the 1930s. Everyone has a perspective on life depending on whose telling it and what they have experienced. One experience shared by two will each have their own storyline or highlights that really stood out to them, so when a narrator is portraying story, we get their point of view and will most likely take a stand with them. Whether their point of view is biased, exaggerated, vague, etc, what we hear from them is the story that is formed in our minds. The author is most likely trying to convey or allow the reader to form a deeper connection with said narrator and get on a level with them that will allow us to understand the story better. We become emotionally attached to these characters allowing our minds to be filled and intrigued by their point of view. For example, Celie explains how she felt about being married off to a man she never knew as that mans view would of had a completely different affect on us.
Samantha Shipley
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I enjoy that Celie is the narrator, even if her point is some what biased. We have become apart of her. Although her way of spelling is rough, we view her life the way she has before she wrote to God. The story couldn't have been written better in a different perspective- this one is the best choice by far. We become intrigued with what will happen next
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I like the fact that the novel is written the way it is. I feel that we get to experience her emotions and feel the way she is feelings. It makes it more intimate. Though there could be some bias opinions, I still feel that it is a good way to tell her story. She is a very interesting character and has major impacted the way we feel about the story.
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