Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Blog Post 2A


The importance of using narration in order to reach a desired audience is to put the audience into the story. With the correct use of narration, the reader will be able to feel as if they are there, whether that is in a desert, or in a magical school called Hogwarts. Using the British accents of the characters, or the fact that, in order to reach the correct platform, you have to run through a barrier that others would just walk past, shows that the wizarding world of Harry Potter was hidden from society. Using the setting, characters, theme, and plot are all necessary in putting together a good story. Without narration, the readers would not be able picture how the characters look, where they story is taking place, understand the meaning of the story, or why it was being told in the first place, or what to take away from the story. If there is a lesson to be learned, make sure the readers know what it is.

The narrative tools are used to make audience feel as if they can connect to the story. The book Twilight had thousands of teenaged girls wishing that they could replace Bella Swan in the movie and have their choice of either Jacob or Edward. By making the characters teenaged, that is a suggestion for the desired audience. Is true love enough to give up everything you’ve ever known, is another strong point made in that book. While I understand that I am using references from Twilight, the same rules apply. A book about taking a picnic with a magical dragon in the clouds would be well suited for a younger audience, while a Bahama resort pamphlet with pictures of hammocks and the white sandy beach would be more interesting to an adult in need of a vacation. The choice of vocabulary and grammar are important too. Smaller, less complicated words are easier for a younger audience to understand, while adults are able to understand more compound, larger words.

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