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Will Misenheimer

Professor Arnold

UWRT-1101-073

28 September 2015

iter!"# $!rr!ti%e %& Altered 'oo( Refle"tion )ss!#

The iter!"# pro*e"t+ both the n!rr!ti%e !nd !ltered boo(+ "h!llen,ed me ith the ob*e"ti%e of

refle"tin, on m# pro"ess of liter!"# into b!seb!ll !nd effe"ti%el# rel!#in, th!t stor# to the re!der& . feel

th!t . !s s/""essf/l in retrie%in, inform!tion !nd !ne"dotes from the p!st hoe%er+ . belie%e th!t ith

the liter!"# n!rr!ti%e+ . !s !ble to m/"h more effi"ientl# deli%er the m!in ide! to the re!der&

. do not feel th!t m# !ltered boo( !s ineffe"ti%e b# !n# me!ns+ . */st eperien"e ! "ert!in

"onne"tion ith the !/dien"e thro/,h the des"ripti%e ritin, of the liter!"# n!rr!ti%e th!t simpl# "!nnot

be !"hie%ed thro/,h the !ltered boo(& While A pi"t/re tells 1+000 ords+ it "!nnot "on"retel# mold !

stor# in the m!nner th!t des"ripti%e ritin, !nd !ne"dotes m!#& The liter!"# n!rr!ti%e m!# !lso in"l/de

rhetori"!l de%i"es+ hi"h o/ld be %er# diffi"/lt to portr!# thro/,h %is/!l e%iden"e& 4or e!mple+

thro/,ho/t the entiret# of m# liter!"# n!rr!ti%e+ . "onst!ntl# !ll/ded to m# f!ther !nd !ll of the ,ood he

t!/,ht me thro/,h the ,!me of b!seb!ll& While . m!# sho m# f!ther s/pportin, me !t ! b!seb!ll ,!me

thro/,h ! pi"t/re of him sittin, in his "h!ir ith m# te!ms h!t+ it does not ,i%e */sti"e to !ll of the lessons

he t!/,ht me& The onl# !# to effe"ti%el# sho the re!der ho he helped me is to "omm/ni"!te thro/,h

person!l stories !nd e%iden"e b# ritten des"ription&

6espite the f!"t th!t m# preferen"es prim!ril# rest ith the n!rr!ti%e form!t+ there ere some

"h!r!"teristi"s of the !ltered boo( th!t ere en*o#!ble !nd s/""essf/ll# displ!#ed the pro"ess of m#

liter!"# in b!seb!ll& /st !s ! %ieer m!# prefer ! mo%ie form!t of ! stor# !s opposed to ! ritten edition+

there is ! "ert!in "onne"tion of %is/!ll# seein, ! "h!r!"ter th!t m!# domin!te h!%in, to im!,ine h!t !

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"h!r!"ter m!# !ppe!r !s& With the /se of the !ltered boo( str!te,#+ it is !lso fe!sible to "le!rl# "omp!re

!nd "ontr!st "h!r!"ters or elements of ! stor#& 4or e!mple+ m!n# st/dents "omp!red themsel%es+ most

li(el# !s roo(ies+ to people ho !re referred to !s profession!ls in their respe"ti%e s/b*e"ts of liter!"#&

Most st/dents did this b# in"l/din, pi"t/res !nd %is/!l represent!tions of these profession!ls& When

ph#si"!ll# seein, the stor# "ome to life in pi"t/res+ it m!# be e!sier to "onne"t the plot !nd pie"e the stor#

to,ether& This notion /ltim!tel# "omes don to person!l preferen"e&

Re,!rdless of preferen"e in n!rr!ti%e form or !ltered-boo( form+ most people o/ld !,ree th!t !

"ombin!tion of the to str!te,ies m!# etr!"t the stren,ths from both form!ts to "re!te the ide!l

portr!#!l& .f one ere to "ombine ill/str!tion ith des"ripti%e n!rr!ti%e+ the o/t"ome o/ld be ! %i%id+

!ttention-,r!bbin, !rti"le th!t effe"ti%el# deli%ered the m!in ide!+ hile pro%idin, !n !""/r!te ph#si"!l

des"ription of the plot !nd !ttrib/tes of the "h!r!"ters& Th!t bein, s!id+ m!n# profession!l !/thors !nd

editors in"l/de both ritten des"ription !nd ill/str!tions in their or(s& '# doin, this+ the# "re!te

e"itement !nd entert!inment+ hi"h !re tri,,ered b# the form/l!tion of the to str!te,ies& The n!rr!ti%e

!nd !ltered boo( form!ts e!"h h!%e their on respe"ti%e stren,ths !nd %/lner!bilities+ b/t the

"ombin!tion of the to o/ld embr!"e the %it!l points of e!"h form!t+ hile minim!liin, the

e!(nesses&