tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post4711221284532651892..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: RJ Sepich Frankenstein Essay - Prompt 2Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-29295856229507919002013-01-20T13:35:31.217-05:002013-01-20T13:35:31.217-05:00I'm glad I read Karen't comment before res...I'm glad I read Karen't comment before responding - it will save me some effort here. She is 100% right about what's missing: so what?<br /><br />In other words, you touch on the 2nd-hand nature of the narrative, you explain that we're reading the whole thing through an unreliable narrator that way, etc. You assert that because you realize this, you read it in a more open-minded way. There's nothing wrong with any of this - but it's only a start.<br /><br />How does the novel change for you, or what does it mean that's *different*, because you have this orientation/attitude toward the narration? Do you sympathize with the monster more? Less? Do you have different attitudes toward its (apparent) critique of science/technology? What about the ideas contained within the novel about crime and childhood? I'm not saying you should focus on any *particular* one of those things - I'm saying that to say that your attitude toward the novel has been transformed, without telling us in any particulars *how* it has been transformed, is rather backwards.<br /><br />To put it another way: your assessment of Walton's narration seems to me to be fully correct. But there's no truth in it yet - you're not explaining why it matters, really, to understand Walton in this way.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-11104789989511585322013-01-18T21:41:02.379-05:002013-01-18T21:41:02.379-05:00Good Evening!
I feel like your essay is missing a...Good Evening!<br /><br />I feel like your essay is missing a "so what?" factor (or at least that's what I call it). You make points, and the points can be improved a lot about what we were talking about in class (the bro love), and I feel like your argument might make more sense with a more definite intro and conclusion. Paragraph number two could be expanded to help your argument, and can be expanded upon by things that seem weird or how Victor is portrayed as a god.<br /><br />If you redo this one, it may also be helpful to go into the monster as well. <br /><br />I think I just need something to tie your argument together, So Walton Narrates the story, it affects the truth value of the characters, but what do we learn from the novel? <br /><br />Have a good weekend! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835952930513521225noreply@blogger.com