ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ableism
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As narrators are talking out their problems out loud and trying to find solutions, this is a way to communicating to teen readers the kind of thought process for the problem + solution. Assumption that teen readers need the guidance of the text. Through the experience of reading about adolescents, it makes you wonder why people want to revisit their own experience. Aware that he"s writing for somebody (addressing you, a future reader, general public) Trying to let them know about his story. Does not know how the story ends. But with every entry, he knows what has happened (like a real diary) Junior, writing in a diary, addressing a you . Author, writing this novel, addressing real readers. Story about a native american character written by native american. But target reader goes beyond native american. Romanticize the marginalization and oppression of indigenous peoples. Misunderstand or blur distinctions between indigenous nations.