{"id":71,"date":"2020-01-23T03:59:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/engl372blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2020-01-23T04:15:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:15:53","slug":"assignment-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/engl372blog\/2020\/01\/23\/assignment-1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 1.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a great story to tell you. This story starts off with the children the most innocent and naive members of the village. The children that lived in the village all grew up being taught and told stories about the greatness of their leader. The village referred to their leader as Father as he was the protector and provider of the village. Every child learned in school the great story of how Father fought off the bad people who threatened the security of their village. The children loved hearing these stories and even created a game that they would play after school. The children would pretend to be Father and his army and would run and catch the other children who pretended to be the bad people. They ran through the woods with sharpened sticks yelling I am going to catch you and I am going to kill you, the game only ended when all the bad people were caught and \u2018killed\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The children had to attend school everyday, and everyday during class one child was picked to tell a story to the class. Most children told stories where they confessed their love for Father or of the greatness of Father. But today the story told was very different. Today a little girl named Lily was chosen to tell a story. Lily was an abnormally small orphan child who was adopted into their village, everyone loved Lily as she was very kind to everyone she knew. Lily started off her story by describing a beautiful scenery of a village that was nestle by a mountain next to a waterfall all the students were captivated as they never heard of a village this beautiful. A student cried out \u201cI want to travel to this village it sounds like the setting of a fairytale!\u201d. When Lily heard this her eyes got shallow and dark, \u201cYou can\u2019t travel to this place anymore this village was burned to the ground and everyone is now dead,\u201d she said in a hollow tone. The whole class waited for her to continue they were all on the edge of their seats. Lily then described the gory details of the burning and slaughtering of the people in this village, she ended her story by stating \u201cthe man that all of you refer to as father is the one who did this to my village\u201d. Everyone gasped in horror, a few children started to cry, and the teacher\u2019s face turned sickly pale. This was the first time the children learned about the evil that was present in their world. The teacher hurried to rush Lily out of the room, she then returned to the class telling them to forget the story and that it was not true. “But, of course, it was too late. For once a story is told, it cannot be called back. Once told, it is loose in the world” (King, 10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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King, Thomas. The Truth About Stories (CBC Massey Lectures) (p. 10). House of Anansi Press Inc. Kindle Edition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Commentary what I discovered<\/p>\n

I found this assignment more difficult then I expected. I actually had to do some extra reading when it comes to writing a story, I learned that it is always helpful to write stories that are similar to own events in your own life<\/a> this helps you add real and authentic emotion into your story (Jenkins). Furthermore, I read about the importance of sharing your story<\/a> and I felt having a fictional story that I could connect to myself is a way to get my story out in a way that does not feel like a violation or a threat to my privacy.<\/p>\n

When reading my story out loud I felt it was great to get some feedback from my peers and I ended up changing my story a lot after reading it to them. I feel like when you share your story out loud you are forced to really hear what you are writing and this causes you to want to change things or to come up with new ideas to make it better.<\/p>\n

Jenkins, Jerry B. \u201cHow to Write a Short Story: 9 Steps from a Best Selling Author.\u201d\u00a0Jerry Jenkins | Proven Writing Tips<\/i>, Jerry Jenkins, 12 Nov. 2019, jerryjenkins.com\/how-to-write-short-stories\/.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Importance of Sharing Your Story.\u201d\u00a0Communication Skills | ReachOut Australia<\/i>, au.reachout.com\/articles\/the-importance-of-sharing-your-story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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