Authorial Techniques
In this post, I wanted to get more in depth about what strategies and tactics that Homer Jr. uses to get a point across to his readers. My goal in this blog is to go over the story and dissect the frame of the book.
Firstly, let’s talk about the mood of the story.
Mood- Throughout the story the mood is very passionate and inspiring. The reason that the mood is passionate is because Homer is chasing after a dream, a dream that not everyone has and is very hard to accomplish, furthermore, all throughout the book he is working towards that dream and, in the end, he accomplishes it. Next, the story is very inspiring, the story is inspiring because Homer overcomes many challenges and still succeeds in the end. Homer’s main challenge was his education, his education limited him in more ways than one. Also, there were a lot of stereotypes like how everyone that grew up in Coalwood was going to work in the coal mine.
Next, we’re going to talk about the symbols that are throughout the story.
Rockets- If you haven’t noticed yet, rockets are the one of the main symbols in this story. The Rockets serve as a symbol because Homer is using rockets to get out of Coalwood.
Coal Mine- In that the opposing symbol is the coal mine. The mine is what Homer is trying to get away from, they both are opposing one another because the Rockets would be the one thing that would take Homer out of Coalwood and the mine is the thing that would keep him in Coalwood.
Finally, the last major symbol that is constantly in the story, although it’s hard to distinct from the other symbols is Coalwood itself.
Coalwood- Coalwood is in a civil war. Every Parent in Coalwood is fighting for his or her child on how they will live their lives even before they are grown up. Each parent is fighting to keep them out of the mine or to keep them in Coalwood. This symbol does not really take full effect until the end of the book.
Summary: The mood and the symbolic meanings of the story are the key things that one should focus on because just focusing on these few things the reader can get a good understanding of the book. Although there are a lot more things to identify these are the main ones that I think are most important.
In this post, I wanted to get more in depth about what strategies and tactics that Homer Jr. uses to get a point across to his readers. My goal in this blog is to go over the story and dissect the frame of the book.
Firstly, let’s talk about the mood of the story.
Mood- Throughout the story the mood is very passionate and inspiring. The reason that the mood is passionate is because Homer is chasing after a dream, a dream that not everyone has and is very hard to accomplish, furthermore, all throughout the book he is working towards that dream and, in the end, he accomplishes it. Next, the story is very inspiring, the story is inspiring because Homer overcomes many challenges and still succeeds in the end. Homer’s main challenge was his education, his education limited him in more ways than one. Also, there were a lot of stereotypes like how everyone that grew up in Coalwood was going to work in the coal mine.
Next, we’re going to talk about the symbols that are throughout the story.
Rockets- If you haven’t noticed yet, rockets are the one of the main symbols in this story. The Rockets serve as a symbol because Homer is using rockets to get out of Coalwood.
Coal Mine- In that the opposing symbol is the coal mine. The mine is what Homer is trying to get away from, they both are opposing one another because the Rockets would be the one thing that would take Homer out of Coalwood and the mine is the thing that would keep him in Coalwood.
Finally, the last major symbol that is constantly in the story, although it’s hard to distinct from the other symbols is Coalwood itself.
Coalwood- Coalwood is in a civil war. Every Parent in Coalwood is fighting for his or her child on how they will live their lives even before they are grown up. Each parent is fighting to keep them out of the mine or to keep them in Coalwood. This symbol does not really take full effect until the end of the book.
Summary: The mood and the symbolic meanings of the story are the key things that one should focus on because just focusing on these few things the reader can get a good understanding of the book. Although there are a lot more things to identify these are the main ones that I think are most important.
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