ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Critical Thinking, Spokane People, Neil Gaiman
3 Apr 2017
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The absolutely true diary of a part time indian. Grew up on spokane indian reservation, but left to attend high school in nearby rearden. Cowboy turned away, does not see indian coming to attack. Older cover - white background with large cowboy vs. indian toy face to face. French cover - indian toy, basketball, sneakers, glasses, black background. Recenters story on plot - deemphasizes theme of identity crisis. Older cover - red background with white cartoon with quote from neil gaiman. Title in speech bubble - arnold telling his own story. Internal narrator: a character within the work, most often the protagonist. Perspective: everything on the page is what the narrator sees, hears, thinks, senses, or perceives. Can read body language, but not minds. Time: story told as it"s happening or shortly after - no retrospective accounts from the perspective of an adult. First person narrator can reveal detailed introspection to readers, helping to strengthen the potential for reader identification.
