Wednesday, February 28, 2007
TRJ#1---Writer’s Craft: Foreshadowing
TRJ#1---Writer’s Craft: Foreshadowing
There is a prologue in this book which was a very interesting part. The prologue had a story of Julia disguising as Princess Carina in the ball and meeting Markus. At first, I didn’t know what Julia, the narrator, was talking about. However, when I started the main story and read more, it was easier to understand and in which way the story was going. Therefore, I could know briefly that Julia will like Markus later in the book by reading the prologue. Even if this is only a guess until I read the book to the end and see what it is like, it still had my interests and I wanted to keep reading it.
The prologue foreshadowed the story of this book, and the impression was good to me. I think this is a part of writer’s strategy to lead in the reader’s interest and to finish the story. It is an author’s job to pull out the reader’s interest and curiosity, to keep them reading and enjoying his/her book. I think that this author accomplished it with the foreshadowing. When writing a story, it is important to keep it to success, and I think it is most likely to succeed an author’s goal to lead in the interest by using the prologue efficiently to include the part of the story that is interesting and the reader can anticipate the story.
There is a prologue in this book which was a very interesting part. The prologue had a story of Julia disguising as Princess Carina in the ball and meeting Markus. At first, I didn’t know what Julia, the narrator, was talking about. However, when I started the main story and read more, it was easier to understand and in which way the story was going. Therefore, I could know briefly that Julia will like Markus later in the book by reading the prologue. Even if this is only a guess until I read the book to the end and see what it is like, it still had my interests and I wanted to keep reading it.
The prologue foreshadowed the story of this book, and the impression was good to me. I think this is a part of writer’s strategy to lead in the reader’s interest and to finish the story. It is an author’s job to pull out the reader’s interest and curiosity, to keep them reading and enjoying his/her book. I think that this author accomplished it with the foreshadowing. When writing a story, it is important to keep it to success, and I think it is most likely to succeed an author’s goal to lead in the interest by using the prologue efficiently to include the part of the story that is interesting and the reader can anticipate the story.
TRJ #2---Correspondence between Carina and Mia Thermopolis
TRJ #2---Correspondence between Carina and Mia Thermopolis
When I first read this book, it reminded me of ‘The Princess Diaries.’ It was the first thing I had in my thoughts that this book is very similar to ‘The Princess Diaries’ series I enjoy reading. The way it is written was familiar with slang and jargons the characters are using to tell their stories. It was also similar that it was a form of the protagonists are also the narrators, telling their stories. Princess Carina in ‘The Princess & the Pauper’ and Mia Thermopolis in ‘The Princess Diaries’ are very alike. Although Carina, the princess of Vineland, has been living all her life knowing that she is a princess and lived in a castle, and Mia has known that she is a princess of Genovia only for several months, the similarities between Princess Carina and Mia Thermopolis are that they are about a same age, both high school-aged teenagers, and that they have best friends, Ingrid and Lilly Moscovitz respectively. They have pet cats, and they hardly ever be with their fathers. I can see that they both love their family. In Mia’s story, it is very obvious to know that she cares about her family. Carina doesn’t seem like caring much about her family, but I knew that she loves her family to see her always being upset and disappointed to see her father away again so long. Plus, both Carina and Mia have perfect mother, and they are like good friends to Carina and Mia. Carina’s mother spends her night hanging out and watching movies and TV shows with Carina when Carina’s father is away. Mia’s mother always cheers Mia up when she is depressed and stressed by her princess duties.
I think it is fun to see two books that are similar. I think this would be a fun book to read if I seek for more similarities between ‘The Princess Diaries.’
When I first read this book, it reminded me of ‘The Princess Diaries.’ It was the first thing I had in my thoughts that this book is very similar to ‘The Princess Diaries’ series I enjoy reading. The way it is written was familiar with slang and jargons the characters are using to tell their stories. It was also similar that it was a form of the protagonists are also the narrators, telling their stories. Princess Carina in ‘The Princess & the Pauper’ and Mia Thermopolis in ‘The Princess Diaries’ are very alike. Although Carina, the princess of Vineland, has been living all her life knowing that she is a princess and lived in a castle, and Mia has known that she is a princess of Genovia only for several months, the similarities between Princess Carina and Mia Thermopolis are that they are about a same age, both high school-aged teenagers, and that they have best friends, Ingrid and Lilly Moscovitz respectively. They have pet cats, and they hardly ever be with their fathers. I can see that they both love their family. In Mia’s story, it is very obvious to know that she cares about her family. Carina doesn’t seem like caring much about her family, but I knew that she loves her family to see her always being upset and disappointed to see her father away again so long. Plus, both Carina and Mia have perfect mother, and they are like good friends to Carina and Mia. Carina’s mother spends her night hanging out and watching movies and TV shows with Carina when Carina’s father is away. Mia’s mother always cheers Mia up when she is depressed and stressed by her princess duties.
I think it is fun to see two books that are similar. I think this would be a fun book to read if I seek for more similarities between ‘The Princess Diaries.’
TRJ #3----Q and A
TRJ #3----Q and A
Q: This book is confusing. Who is “I”? Who is the real narrator in this book? It seems it keeps changing. At first it was Carina, and then changed to Julia. I think it changes every time chapter changes. It is so confusing that it takes me so long to figure out who the narrator is in that chapter. Why is this book organized like this? Who is the narrator? Is there any clue that I can have before reading and not struggling with who the narrator is?
A: “I” is both Carina and Julia. This story has two different narrators because it is a story about two girls changing each other’s position; Princess Carina of Vineland to Julia, and a normal high-school-girl Julia to Princess Carina. It can be considered as two different people as one person in a way. As a result, I think the author wanted to write her story of two girls and express it effectively by changing the narrator in two similar girls but in very different situations.
If it is confusing to figure out who the narrator is in that chapter, it is easy to look at the chapter title typed on the title of that chapter. When the narrator is Carina, the style of the typewriting is pretty and close to cursive, but when the narrator changes to Julia, the style of the typewriting also characterized like a pauper: bold, round and square, and less luxurious as Carina’s.
Q: This book is confusing. Who is “I”? Who is the real narrator in this book? It seems it keeps changing. At first it was Carina, and then changed to Julia. I think it changes every time chapter changes. It is so confusing that it takes me so long to figure out who the narrator is in that chapter. Why is this book organized like this? Who is the narrator? Is there any clue that I can have before reading and not struggling with who the narrator is?
A: “I” is both Carina and Julia. This story has two different narrators because it is a story about two girls changing each other’s position; Princess Carina of Vineland to Julia, and a normal high-school-girl Julia to Princess Carina. It can be considered as two different people as one person in a way. As a result, I think the author wanted to write her story of two girls and express it effectively by changing the narrator in two similar girls but in very different situations.
If it is confusing to figure out who the narrator is in that chapter, it is easy to look at the chapter title typed on the title of that chapter. When the narrator is Carina, the style of the typewriting is pretty and close to cursive, but when the narrator changes to Julia, the style of the typewriting also characterized like a pauper: bold, round and square, and less luxurious as Carina’s.
TRJ#4---Turning Point
TRJ#4---Turning Point
As there is an original story of “The prince and the Pauper,” I expected that Carina and Julia will change their standing for a while. Sure enough, the story went as I thought until Julia made a problem. My expectation of the story didn’t last long; I knew there would be some troubles, but I didn’t expect that Julia would not obey to what Carina and Ingrid had said. The turning point was when Julia ran off with Markus while the ball was held. Since then, the story began to go on in unexpected way, and because I couldn’t imagine what would happen next, and the story became more fun. I am very curious about how it would end in this book with all those troubles and twists Carina and Julia had made, and they are in dilemma and are in serious trouble. The curiousness of how they are going to shoot their troubles away is urging me to finish this book and find out what will happen to Carina and Julia.
Some books have poor turning points and twists, and some don’t even have a turning point and they have boring and obvious endings that fill us with disappointment and discontentment. This book wasn’t one of them it wasn’t too twisted to shock me, but this book’s twist and the turning point was not too obvious and not too unexpected and it is pleasant reading it. So I think that endings are important and as well as the endings, the sources such as turning points that change the ending more interesting are very important to creating an interesting story.
As there is an original story of “The prince and the Pauper,” I expected that Carina and Julia will change their standing for a while. Sure enough, the story went as I thought until Julia made a problem. My expectation of the story didn’t last long; I knew there would be some troubles, but I didn’t expect that Julia would not obey to what Carina and Ingrid had said. The turning point was when Julia ran off with Markus while the ball was held. Since then, the story began to go on in unexpected way, and because I couldn’t imagine what would happen next, and the story became more fun. I am very curious about how it would end in this book with all those troubles and twists Carina and Julia had made, and they are in dilemma and are in serious trouble. The curiousness of how they are going to shoot their troubles away is urging me to finish this book and find out what will happen to Carina and Julia.
Some books have poor turning points and twists, and some don’t even have a turning point and they have boring and obvious endings that fill us with disappointment and discontentment. This book wasn’t one of them it wasn’t too twisted to shock me, but this book’s twist and the turning point was not too obvious and not too unexpected and it is pleasant reading it. So I think that endings are important and as well as the endings, the sources such as turning points that change the ending more interesting are very important to creating an interesting story.
TRJ#5---Writer’s Craft: Structure
TRJ#5---Writer’s Craft: Structure
The structure of this book is divided in chapters, and each of them are narrated by two protagonists one by another. It has a close pattern that they take turns with the exception of some cases. It is interesting that the author used two protagonists to be the narrators one by the other to make the readers understand the book’s plot easier. It is like the author wanted to describe what is happening in one side and what is happening in the meanwhile on the other side. It is a structure that I have never seen before and I enjoyed it. It was more fun to read what is happening on one side and when the chapter changes, the different story emerges right after and remind me what was going on and what trouble the main character had.
The climax part, the part when Julia was sent to Vineland and Carina was deserted in the middle of nowhere and meets Glenn to help her, was very affected by the author’s structure. As I read the climax part I looked forward to reading the next chapter because not only was the story fun, but also the story was more exciting because of the structure made me feel that I am going to see the other protagonist’s story and expect how she would solve her problem. I find this structure very useful and would like to try other book that is structured like this book.
The structure of this book is divided in chapters, and each of them are narrated by two protagonists one by another. It has a close pattern that they take turns with the exception of some cases. It is interesting that the author used two protagonists to be the narrators one by the other to make the readers understand the book’s plot easier. It is like the author wanted to describe what is happening in one side and what is happening in the meanwhile on the other side. It is a structure that I have never seen before and I enjoyed it. It was more fun to read what is happening on one side and when the chapter changes, the different story emerges right after and remind me what was going on and what trouble the main character had.
The climax part, the part when Julia was sent to Vineland and Carina was deserted in the middle of nowhere and meets Glenn to help her, was very affected by the author’s structure. As I read the climax part I looked forward to reading the next chapter because not only was the story fun, but also the story was more exciting because of the structure made me feel that I am going to see the other protagonist’s story and expect how she would solve her problem. I find this structure very useful and would like to try other book that is structured like this book.
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