Influencing Readers By Lee Gutkind And Hattie Fletcher Summary

Around the time of the novels publication in the late 1960s, a new literary genre had begun to surface: New Journalism. New Journalism sought to combine the elements of news writing and journalism with the elements of fiction writing. Described as being a form of literature that “engages and excites”, it sought to challenge its readers not only “emotionally” but also “intellectually”. Typically, New Journalism consists of four major characteristics such as

What is your opinion on the writing of “imaginative non-fiction”? Does this type of book provide a window that one can use to see a realistic view of an historical event? Or does it create a false view of reality? Discuss and come to an agreement as a

The intended audience is the person, or group of people, to whom the author is writing. The intended audience is a key factor to the author’s essay, because it is to whom he wants his essay to be directed as a message towards. We placed a picture of those who were being discriminated against, because the message had not been received of the author writing the essay. Our most important slide was on the thesis. It was absolutely necessary to make this part of our presentation, because it controls the subject matter of the essay and states something significant to the reader. Slides nine had to do with objectivity. This is extremely important, because it proves if the author is credible for his work or not, based on him being biased or unbiased. Slides ten through fifteen were based upon the six elements in the implicit writing of a non-fiction essay. This was an essential part of our presentation, because these qualities are an outline of what readers look for, and what writers should strive to accomplish, in effective

Literary works have become one of the most preferred ways for people to express themselves and voice their concerns and opinions on societal issues. Through such pieces of work, authors are able to educate and critique the society at large, often forcing people to reconsider their views on certain matters. This has an overall effect of pushing them to reconsider the effect of their actions and errors as regards the issues in question. For others, writing about real life situations is most effective in communicating with their readers. Victims of racial discrimination may opt to put their ordeals down in black and white, mush the same way those who find themselves at the receiving end of sexual harassment may choose to write about their experiences. Arguably, the effect achieved is greater, in opposition to that of works of fiction. Even where a book is fictitious, more insight and connection to real life is achieved if the story is built around real life events and situations. Nancy Mairs does excellent in expressing herself through her spiritual autobiography; Waist-High in the World.

The Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation were big acts to our history today. Both plantations were similar and different in many ways. Jamestown was uniquely harsh, and I could somewhat say the same about the Plymouth plantation as well. In a matter of fact, the Jamestown and Plymouth plantation caused a ruckus in their towns/state, enough ruckus to maintain it’s name and strength of time.

Mental disorders can hinder a person’s ability to make proper decisions and therefore influence their lifestyle, behavior, and actions in most situations. Triggered by Fletcher Wortmann is a memoir about the negative effects of obsessive compulsive disorder can have on a person. The mental state of a person with obsessive compulsive disorder is one of uncertainty most of the time. Though a mental disorder determined many decisions in his life so far, his goal is to prove that mental disorders do not define who a person is. Through long stories about things that typically wouldn’t matter to an average person, it is clearly evident Wortmann is a male author who is very young, but also not as experienced. There is a specific writing style to

Narratives have massive importance in the driving of big ideas about how we view our world. They use many different techniques, to either subtly or plainly plant ideas into our minds. The author can point out big problems in our world, and by making it relevant to the consumer, lead them to think more about what is going on around them. They can turn something that doesn’t make sense to someone and by changing something very simple, make it more relevant.

A narrative is constructed to elicit a particular response from its audience. In the form of a written story, authors use specific narrative strategies to position the ‘ideal reader’ to attain the intended understanding of the meanings in the text. Oliver Sacks’ short story The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is an unusual short story because it does not display conventional plot development; the story does not contain conflict or resolution of conflict. The genre of the story is also difficult to define because it reads as an autobiographical account of an experience Sacks had with a patient while working as a neurologist. Although it is arguable that the narrative is a work of non-fiction, it is nevertheless a representation, distinct

Most stories are not just stories written to entertain the reader. Intentional or not, writers are often commentating on the world around them. Social commentary is interwoven in the fabric of novels, and it is often up to the reader to determine what they take away from any given work. Although written for entertainment’s sake, stories usually include the social or political views of the author and serve as a platform for their views to be made known.

George Santayana’s quote from the novel “The Life of Reason, volume 1” explains about history and human nature. If you do not learn from your mistakes from the past, you will make the same mistakes again. “Progress, far from consisting in change depends on retentiveness.’’ This means in regards to history that progress does not depend on change but more on the ability to retain from past experience. “When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual.” Also, “In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence.” This two quotes explains the human nature that if you don’t learn from your past mistakes, you will be like savages or live forever

From my point of view, instead of being told the reader sees a creative nonfiction story. The story would be, The Last Night of the World by Ray Bradbury. The author specifically refers to a kind of creative writing that uses the conventions of fiction writing in order to tell the story. In responding interesting, visually, and emotionally, Ray Bradbury demonstrates these conventions in, Last Night of the World.

The six characteristics of literary journalism that we discussed in class are all used to help the writer communicate with the audience in a more effective manner. Although literary journalism is a form of nonfiction writing, the audience has not necessarily experienced what the writer is talking about, or if they have, they could feel differently about the subject. Therefore, it is extremely important for the writer to use well thought-out techniques that will help the audience step into their shoes and understand their point of view. The piece of literary journalism my partner and I chose to focus on, which was “It Will Look Like a Sunset” by Kelly Sundberg, did an exceptional job of communicating to the reader the true feelings of a domestic

Authors use various styles of writing to appeal to different types of audiences. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and “The Most Dangerous Job” by Eric Schlosser both utilize ethos, pathos, and logos writing styles to convince the audience of their ideals. An author uses ethos in writing to show his/her credentials and explain why he/she is credible. Pathos appeals to an audience’s emotions and makes the audience feel sympathy or pity. The author draws feelings out of the audience and compels the audience to feel what the author wishes them to feel. Logos uses facts, statistics, historical and literal analogies, and quotes from authorities on a subject to convince the audience with logic or reason. Upton Sinclair and Eric Schlosser have the goal of exposing the corruption in the meatpacking industry, but the authors develop their arguments through similar and contrasting approaches.

The topic of discussion for this essay is a story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman called "The Yellow wallpaper. Firstly, several pieces of evidence within the text prove that the genre of the story is irony, in accordance with Frye 's "theory of myths". This essay shows exactly how those instances exemplify the genre of irony. Additionally, from a deconstructive point of view, there is a central binary of constraint and freedom. The examples from the text show both evidence of constraints within the story as well as freedom. Thus, proving this to be the central binary of this piece of literature. Finally, these two aspects can be used to show the similarities between this text and the short story "How to Become a Writer" by Lorie Moore.

Apart from referring to reputable theories and sources, other persuasion tools used in the book include emotional appeal and humor. These tools can build a