Reading multicultural literature is not merely for pleasure, it is also for knowledge and understanding. The knowledge and understanding gained by reading multicultural literature, if read open mindedly, has the potential to close the cultural gaps many people face and bring the world closer together. Determining what multicultural literature will be most beneficial to read to gain knowledge and understanding can be difficult and tedious. Most important is for the literature to be factual in regards to the culture. Reading about the author should tell the authors culture and from where and what time period he or she is from.
The audience is a major factor when it comes to how your approach should be. If you are writing to a group of friends and family members you probably will not have to be so specific, you can put it in terms that you know that they will understand. If you are writing to a group of people you do not even know, you should make sure your writing has more detail and is more formal. It is also good to know what kind of response you want back from your audience. Genre is a kind of writing such as a proposal, a report, a letter, a profile, a poem, ECT.
Specific topics of interest include the point of view of the narrator, how this influences the way we perceive the stories, and why the authors chose these ways of telling their stories. A good way to begin is by considering the general effects of the point of view of the narration on literature. Ignoring the very rare second person point of view, novels are either first or third person. First person viewpoints tell the story as the lead character sees it. This may introduce a question of reliability, since their perception of reality may be tainted or their knowledge may be limited.
It shows that are people who look out for others before themselves and those that only want to benefit themselves in anyway they can. The Salesman and the Counterman are just figures to help represent these two kinds of people in todays society. Eugene Ziller is an excellent writer in that he has all these hidden themes in the story. His word choice helps the reader to understand the mood of the story and what is surrounding the
Shades Of Grey “The imaginary world of the novel helps the reader to understand the authors intentions” The imaginary world of a novel helps a reader to understand the authors intention is a point that is very well shown in the novel “Shades of Grey” written by Jasper Fforde. This novel is a complete and utterly different world than our own. In the world portrayed in the novel lives are determined by a persons colour perception. There is a social hierarchy and the higher up you are in the hierarchy then the better your life is and the more perks you receive. By reading this novel, the author’s intention is to challenge us, the reader, to evaluate our current world and make comparisons to theirs.
Readers are very different; certain people prefer different genres of literature, such as action/adventure, romance, humor, and so on. Despite this, there are some basic criteria that need to be included in the short story for it to be worth reading. In addition, to the different tastes of the readers, literature has to be written for a specific group or target audience. A well written piece of literature should be written for the specific target audience. Some skillful writers are able to pull this off, as well as writing stories that are great for almost any age group.
Martha Nussbaum claims that her Capabilities Approach is universally applicable. Some would argue this is a form of value-imperialism. The term value imperialism refers to the mass spread of values/traditions or a set of norms that all humans should follow because it is the right thing to do according to those people. The problem is that this is usually the view of the most powerful people of a society, who have more access to political expression. Even though some humans might be similar, everyone in the world is different, thus making our beliefs and values different as well.
Most people have a basic understanding of obedience; however, many may fail to see the application and the impact of it in their own lives and in our society. Submission into conformity discourages the type of independence that is valued in our supposedly free-thinking world. Censorship is one of the major themes in Fahrenheit 451, and its impact is illustrated through submission in appearance, behavior and thought. This invites us to draw clear relationships between Ray Bradbury‘s novel and our current society. The association between appearance and social acceptance is already apparent in our lives.
5-They often strive to make their own personal communication style a statement about their individuality. In general , we know that the first impression that others take while speaking with them is decisive for their determination of our personality so the more you talk carefully and with a polite and confident way the more they will have a good idea about our individuality. 6-As a group they tend to be highly individualistic; moderate in context; low in power ,rank , and status; and high in masculinity. Nowdays, people become a little cautious about taking ther risk and work with others, because the life becaome more difficult and everybody is looking for his intersts.So we can find now more people that tend to be individualistic and do better while working in groups. 7- As a group African Americans are active, expressive , colorful, emotional, often humorous, more nonverbal, distinctive,stylized, open, demonstrative,and possses a positive outlook on life.
The analytical differences of interpreting literature is not limited to your interpretive community, but is also influenced by the age at which you read the work, your life experiences with the subject matter, as well as “how the text produces a response” through the transaction of the reader and the text (Siegel). This theoretical approach is referred to as reader response criticism and is an extremely interesting way of critiquing literary works, especially fiction. This reader response criticism involves many variables and infers that the act of reading