Hi Neal: A Narrative Analysis

Tim O'Brien was right when he said “Stories can save us”. They saved him. Writing stories helped Tim turn into Timmy and also into a solider when he was retired and forty three years old. When O'Brien says “Stories can save us”: he lets us know that his stories helped him through the war, they also helped him stay psychologically relaxed after the war, and helped him create better versions of his memories as Timmy and Tim the soldier.

I failed AP English. I had missed the second quarter of the school year, almost completely, due to… technical difficulties. I got discharged from the hospital mid-February, and for the remainder of junior year, the majority of my waking thoughts revolved around passing 11th grade. With motivational speeches coming at me from my parents, friends, and teachers, I began to believe I had a chance of passing the year. I did my best, which apparently was not enough. My teacher had picked up on my tremendous amount of effort, and on the last day of school, bumped my grade up to a low D — just enough to pass. I was not exactly about to put my grade on display or anything, but I passed! Technically. This is not one of the underdog-who-succeeded stories. The real success for me was (look away, it’s cliché) realizing my best was enough. I sound disgusting.

Assuming the office of chief Superintendent of Education in Upper Canada, Egerton immediately swung into action as he continued to make countless creative, as well as, extensive changes targeted to remodelling the Upper Canada school system whose general control of the school was within his jurisdiction- the Chief Superintendent. Egerton had the prerogative to “set standards for the curriculum; supervised the training, inspection and examination of teachers; and oversaw the selection and distribution of textbooks, through a central depository and press plant which encouraged the publication of works by home-grown authors. Libraries were organized in every school”. (Claude W.D, 2002, para 7)

Finally, it is the cultural representations that tie together the relationships of Wellpinit and Reardan. When observed within the passage, it is evident of the similarities that both communities share, yet deny. With the urge to defeat Wellpinit, the crowds’ reactions and behaviours are what gave each team the want to win. Positioning the reader to feel scared, but yet determined, the passage creates tension. With the limited dialogue, this can give the sense that beneath the noise of the crowd, and the ‘permanent hearing damage’ (Alexie 2007, p. 190), that there is silence between the two communities. Junior confronts a challenge, where he now has ‘historically been stigmatized as the underdeveloped people’ (Garrett & Pichette 2000, p. unknown),

All of the trials that Jacobs portrayed throughout the narrative showed that women went through more psychological trauma than men during slavery. Jacobs showed that although people go through things and might have to sacrifice some things, its okay to keep moving and try to get your freedom. I believe that Jacobs' story did need to be heard and that it was smart of her to publish the narrative,because it helped give more insight into why women have such a strong mental state and how as women can overcome situations.

In group 2 all the members shared some very good recounting and accounting stories. Just by reading them I can tell most of them were sentimental with a meaning behind them. In Kelly DaCruz recounting story she basically loved waking up on Saturday morning with her dad watching her favorite cartoon the Rugrats. Kelly’s accounting story her grandmother was a very special woman but with her not physically being here her mother carries the spirit of a gold heart just like her grandmother. In some cases, not all families celebrate holidays on their actually calendar day. Tracie Hester recounting story was very familiar; I know some people to celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas either a few days before or after. Tracie parents had busy schedule so they made sure on the day after Christmas they spent it together with no interruptions.

Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm is defined as “a theoretical framework that views narratives as the basis of all human communication” (Griffin, Ledbetter, & Sparks, 2014.) Fisher views humans as storytellers by nature. Through narrative, people gain knowledge and perspective regarding the world we live in. Unlike rhetoric, which uses proof, trust, and logic to create a persuasive argument, narrative appeals to what Fisher calls our “good reason.” This is the value we place on the story communicated, even if it is irrational or unsupported, that persuades us into accepting an argument as truth (Griffin et al., 2014). In order for a story to appeal to our “good reason,” the details must possess a certain level of consistency, termed the coherence of a story, and the story’s events must be relatable to the listener according to their life experiences, which is the fidelity of a story. Together, this narrative rationality is the measure we use to evaluate the truthfulness and humanity of narrative communication. This literature review shows in cases of apologia, using Dick Cheney’s ill-received apologia following his involvement in a hunting accident in 2006 as an example, that narrative rationality provides us with limited information with which to make

Twyla and Roberta meet in an orphanage for young girls. This is how the movement of the story began. The orphanage plays an important role in the way the way that shows how the two main characters change over time. The two young girls meet and quickly become friends disregarding the fact that they are different races. The story sort of takes a turn when the two girls are eager for their parents to meet and Roberta’s mom looks upon Twyla’s mother with disrespect. Over time the story explains how Twyla and Roberta drift apart. Throughout the story the writer refuses to give away the racial identities of Twyla and Roberta, which leaves the reader challenging their own way of thinking about race.

Barry, excellent post regarding the distinction and benefit to retirees between defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. I came across an article that explained why defined contribution are inferior to defined benefit, at least in term of total return to the retiree. According to this article 401(k)’s were not meant to replace pensions. This kind of defined contribution plan was originally created as perk for highly paid executives. Of course, when financial markets are doing great these investment sound pretty good, however, during down market it become terrible for regular employees that are highly dependent on their 401(k) for retirement.

Traveling through the natural disaster inflicted and war-torn world, Don and Centra found themselves in abandoned rundown building not too far from the front lines. Explosions speared like wild fire and after vigorously searching the rooms to no prevail or substance, they find a locked door at the end of the hall. It’s sealed off like a tomb. After breaking down the door, the smell of mold filled their lungs. A desk placed in the middle, like a pharaoh’s coffin. Room went undisturbed for decades, the walls are still lined with the previous owner’s tastes. With their quantum blocking helmets in hand they quietly look around the room, for any clues to its past. After a few minutes,

After a few minutes the teacher yells for everyone to be quick and sees if everyone is ok by yelling out the role call of the class. After the roll call Ms.Linda shouts” can anyone see a way out?” Everyone saying that they can not see a light Tim replies “I can see a light”. “Follow my voice “ Tim saw the light with his big eyes. They focused in and out seeing the different patterns in the water. When everyone got out they asked how Tim could see the light when it was pitch black. The teacher, Linda, then said” it must have been a structural adaption in your eyes that might have adapted to the pitch black environment, making you able to see that little difference in the dark.

Benjamin is unwilling to go against the pigs. Benjamin knew what was going on with animals and he wouldn’t do anything about it. None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing. Benjamin often doesn’t take action only when it’s more personal. Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler...

In his podcast On the Art of Storytelling, John Bell asks us what is storytelling? Story telling is vital, every day we experience different forms of stories being told. We may not be aware, but stories are everywhere.

That was the location of this year’s annual end of the year field trip for this female’s school. Last year was more exiting, but it was the entire high school senior class that was touring. ‘To ensure your future.’ As Ms. Tamiki put it. ‘For the students that are to begin college, or anyone really, who are in need for a loan, Shenterprise was the way to go.’ Mia rolled her eyes as he teacher began her speech in second story main lounge, away from the lower offices so not to disturb anyone who was on call.

 Both share the same methodology by employing interviews, audiovisual materials, document analysis and observations among others.