Monday, January 20, 2014
Response to: Signs and Wonders
The wonder of this story is that it's written in the first person, which is so unusual for nonfiction, or I would assume it is. It flows and ebbs and she doesn't end talking about the same thing she began, because we ended up taking a journey with her. It's raw and real and about discovering things--about yourself, about others, about the ecosystem that we live in--and figuring out what they mean, if anything. It's a ramble, but it's one that comes together and has meaning, and in the end, you don't feel like you wasted your time. You feel more like you've come to know the author and you feel like you understand something more about yourself, even if it's only in the most vague of senses.
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Like it, but I need to see some language quoted and context. Remind me--concisely--what the essay is about and then give me a bit of the ramble. More importantly, give me a bit of how RM makes you feel like you know her. I'm hugely interested in that, and in how writers achieve it.
ReplyDeleteFirst person is actually pretty common, as you've seen in a few of our other essays.
DW