Tuesday, February 8, 2011
interesting
i thought that it was interesting that every second or third chapter was written in dialouge form because it was supposed to be written by addie and on a sheet of paper. i thought that it was also cool how the author introduced the charactors like addie: right away she is protesting that the pledge of alegance (the american "oh canada"), skeezie: was a very annoying and rude and now is tame and controlable, joe: i think that he is gay because a few people said that but i am not shure, bobby:the main charactor.
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Hey Will,
ReplyDeleteInteresting ideas about the writing format. What do you think the author is trying to achieve by setting the writing up in this way? What do the points you made about Addie, Skeezie, Joe and Bobby tell us about them as characters? What assumptions would we make about them and the decisions they make? Try to expand your ideas to prove what you know.
Remember to use quotes from the text to prove what you know and use page numbers.
Mr. B
Well, I think that they set it up this way, because I believe the author was trying to show the side of them that you would see from a perspective that belongs to a "fit".
ReplyDeleteFor example, Killer Man said, "If you are referring to that young hooligan..." If you were, let's say, DuShawn, then that's what you would see of him. A young hooligan. Though, it would be quite awkward for a 12-year-old to call a person the same age "a young hooligan", but still. Around those lines. Maybe "Yo! It's the don't-mess-with-him Skeezie Tookis!"
That how I think they set it up.
Also, I think they set it up this way, so that you would not really feel like a misfit, so that you could put some comedy in there. Otherwise, I think this would be a turn-on-waterworks holler yam-yammering die-hard sad story.
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I like using hyphens. They make writing seem more powerful.