This is an extra credit activity.
Please post the two questions that you created for "Storyteller" and also answer them in detailed paragraphs that provide textual evidence. After posting your own questions and answering them, answer two of your classmates' questions, using the same kind of detailed
3 comments:
My questions:
1. Do you think the story would have a better effect if it was told in first person point of view?
I do think that the story would be much better if it were told from the protagonists point of view. There were many parts where i was confused like i was wondering throughout the entire story whether or not she was sleeping with lots of men? And what thype of relationship did she have with her grandfather? Also, I would have liked to hear what she had to say about her grandfather's descriptive story telling. Hearing her own thoughts would have cleared up a lot of confusing elements in the story.
2. Why do you think she picked up on her Grandfather's descriptive storytelling by the end of the story?
I think this might have been where she understood the reason why her grandfather was so extremely descriptive. I think she realized the importance of telling something exactly how it happened so that the story will get passed on with a higher percent of correctness. The story is less likely to be skewed if there is detail and people understand exactly how it happened. i think she wanted everyone to know exactly how that man died.
1)Why did the Grandfather take advantage of his granddaughter?
The Grandfather was very sick in the head. It may be a culture thing but I seriously doubt it. The Grandfather was a dirty man and had nothing to be afraid of because of his old age and distant life from others. The Grandfather looked at this situation and saw it as an oppertunity. He was very mysterious about the whole situation though. The narrator isn't very reliable in my opinion so I am not sure about the validity of the Grandfather's actions but we know that he was a sick minded man none the less.
2)Why were the people in the white school want to prevent the children from their herritage and still give an education?
The white people wanted the indians be like them. The indian's culture was by far different in there lifestyle and the white people wanted to change that. The white people didn't want to deny the indian people schooling so they avoided relaying that message to the indian people. Instead the whites accepted the indain people to join them in school but at the same time they tryed to change their way of life.
Response to Jill Parkers Questions-
1) The story would be a a lot clearer and less awkward if told in a first person point of view. The narrator made the story very awkward in my opinion due to the unclear assumptions made about the Grandfather and girls actions. It seemed that the girl was sleeping with her Grandpa as well as a lot of other guys. This seemed very wierd to me. If told in first person, the girl and/or her grandpa might explain themselves a little more and give more backround information. This might make the story a bit clearer.
2)I think she picked up the highly descriptive story telling technique because she realized the importance of detail in storys in order to pass them on without being altered. She discoverd that her culture is very story based and she wanted to keep her way of life following the ways of her people. She did this by telling the exact story to the police knowing that she would go to jail for it but she learned to never break cultural ties.
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