I first heard of the story in 7th grade. A friend told me that it was a story about survival, one that really got to the point. After hearing that it was also only 20 pages, I decided that there was no way it could be among the annals of modern literature. However, this story truely realizes the fragility of human nature, and how we are all at the mercy of natural forces that are far stronger and older than our own.
"The trouble with him was that he was without imagination...Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of hear and cold; and from there on it did not led him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe."
Prompt 1: How does the size of a piece of writing effect its content? Does the amount of writing have any correspondence to its effect on the reader?
Prompt 2: How does the genre affect the content of writing? Do stories of different trials, whether about survival or a school day, resonate any differently to the reader?
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1. I agree with you.I don't think that the length of a piece has any correspondence to it's effectiveness. If you can say something profound in a concise and meaningful way it can have a powerful impact. This is evident by the fact that may people find great comfort and empowerment in simple encouraging one-liners or bible verses.
2. I think that the genre in which you write is very important. Non-fiction pieces stick to the facts and in general, can be harder to spark the readers interest. That is because you can't exaggerate. In fiction work, the author is empowered to say whatever they want regardless of whether it is grounded in fact. I think that because of this, in general, the genre does affect the content.
1. I think that the length of a book has nothing to do with the meaning. That really goes for any type of writing, such as poems, which often times are really short and make the most interesting meanings. I think that some of the most meaningful things come from lines in books, stories, poems, or songs, and are not always from the book as a whole.
I think books that are really big have less to say because nobody has that much to say about anything. Smaller novels usually pack a punch because they're trying to say everything that they can in a short amount of time. Those are the books I think have the most meaning because they don't write about things that don't matter.
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