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Response To A Polaroid

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This passage is based on a simile comparing a literary work to a polaroid photograph. At the beginning, it is difficult to see where it will go - only “grayish green murkiness” is visible. Slowly, the image becomes clear. Instead of saying that they think of a detail, the author says that they “see” it. She believes that the story already exists and is waiting for them to discover it. Their subconscious contains memories that have been combined into a story. I have never experienced anything like this. I have rarely “felt” which character should be introduced or what they would do, although I have sometimes realized that it would be better to take the story in a different direction. I don't fully agree with the simile of watching a polaroid

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