In Bedford...

Throughout this week (Sept.6-10, 2010)we read about point of view, symbolism, theme, and style. I was able to see how the writers and authors incorporate these in their writing. You wonder what significance each has in the story, when really all these are necessary to create a story. Point of view is described as who tells us the story and how it's told. It is shown through the narrator of teller of the story. Symbolism is a person, object, or event that suggest more than its liberal meaning. With symbols, a symbol has a complex meaning; it has not only literal meaning, but also additional meanings beyond the literal. Sometimes the literal meaning of a symbol is absurd, so that the symbolic meaning over-rides the literal meaning. Symbols may have more than one meaning. In fact, the most significant symbols do convey an indefinite range of meanings. In Bedford, the theme of a story is the central ideal or meaning, and ti may be about life, society, or human nature. Style is referred to as the distinctice manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects, and it is essentially a concept that everyone understands on some level. Together these components create none other than a story. No matter how you spell or say it, a story is a story; no one can change that.