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Friday, October 5, 2007
What is the effect of viewing historical events through the eyes of a child narrator?
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Because children are more open to ideas, I believe it is easier to tell a story through a child's eyes. It is more acceptable to include things that normally might upset the general population of readers.
Because she is a child, there is no bias between her own opinions and other people's opinions because she is not old enough to combine or separate the two. Her opinions are very honest and not at all fabricated or smoothed over to appear less harsh than reality.
The fact that the story is told through the eyes of the child makes it a lot easier to be controversal. A child can get away with a lot more things than adults can. You think that "oh shes just a child, it doesnt really matter what she thinks." I think Marjane did this on purpose knowing that if she was an adult in the book she would not be able to say half the stuff she does.
I think that as a child you learn from what you see and through what you experienced. Others either agree with you or not, it's just what you have experienced. You can only tell what you know.
Having a child narrator heightens the drama of the whole story. Viewing the events from the eyes of a child tugs at your emotions. Considering children are viewed as innocent and naive, it makes you feel sorry for her. :(
The child narrator is innocent and naive, she can say anything she wants and the audience will not judge her. She can be controversial, indifferent and insensitive.The audience is captivated by her childish innocence. It reminds us of our own childhood and upbringing. One gets the feeling of justification and absolution from any personal childhood mistakes.
since she is a young child you could feel sorry for the things she went thought. when they talk about some of the things they could be hurtful. see things from a young childs view you end up feeling same thing they feel. you would also let them get a way with thing. when if a older person would say we would get anger with them. they pull you in with so that you will feel sympathy for them when you read the book.
Tania B. I think the effect of reading a story in the eyes of a child really gives the reader very good details as did Marjane in this book. Most adults think children dont know any better and that they are not listening. This book shows very well that a child is affected with historical events just as much as adults are.
Tania- I think the effect as adult reading a book in the view of a childs eyes, gives more understanding about how kids really feel and see things in their eyes. Shows that children see things that we dont think they see and or hear, also that they care and worry about things just as much as adults do. Marjane did a great job at expressing her feelings through the eyes of a child.
I think this method works because basically children are unbiased. They are too young to form strong opions of the events unfolding at the time. So when they are written through their eyes we have a better telling of all sides.
I believe that from child point of view you can tell any kinds of storeis freely. Kids can see some things which adult cann't. some times it is good to see it from child view you may have an interesting idea. The author expressed her feeling at the same time telling her personal experence. I believe she was as emmotional as adult in some of her characters.
i agree with kristen, she used a child on purpose. Children are naive and innocent and can say anything and nobody will judge them.Satrapi did a great job writing about the Revolution through the eyes of a child.
In response to what Faith wrote: I agree that we feel more sympathy for what they went through. I dont think that people wouldnt feel the same way if it was told through an adults view. There is one book that I have read and it is told by an adult and I still felt bad for those living through it all. Same as the childs view.
I will agree with Rebecca Richards to a certain extant. Even though Marjane is young there is no reason she can't have her own opions. Yes her opions are harsh to the real world and very honest, but on the other hand, she is only ten, elevan, and twelve in the book. What does she really know about anything.
Mao to Kristine- I do feel that she did it on purpose too. I think because she wrote the story in the way that she did, it was more of a view of someone who just observe and took in what she felt was what she saw and heard. I don't really feel she was bais in one way or another, rather she was going with the flow, making this book so interesting to raed.
I think that reading the story through a childs perspective gives a sense that, you are learning right along with her,experiencing loss, fear, and anger. Bringing you back to some place in your own childhood when you felt injustice, trying to relate your feelings to hers. Reading through things in a childs eye, helps to understand the depth the effects of war, revolution and oppression have on everyone.
At times, I think its more of the truth of it was told in the eyes of kids. Kids tend to tell what they actually see going on around them. Thus, telling everything to the exact detail of how things happened. On the other hand, adults tend to lie about certain things or how something actually happens such as an event of a war. If they feel its not worth talking about or if its too violent to be discuss or told, they hide it.
as you reflect on it, the children is who will tell the truth and not lie about it. for them, lying is like a sin. they don't want to be punish by the adults, so they tend not to lie about what they say. adults seventy-five percent believe what children says about there thoughts or what they have to say. i believe that it will be more realistic and imaginable if a child told it because it is what they have been through to tell their story. also it doesn't hurt them as much to tell it because children's are always open minded and their dendrites always grow and connects.
In response to most people, I agree that it is a lot easier to view the events through the eyes of a child. She definitely tells you straight up what she sees. She's very blunt about her views, and she doesn't leave any thing out.
I agree with you Molly. I also believe that we are learning right along with her. She's teaching us the history of her country throughout her experiences.
Viewing historical events through a child’s eyes is difficult. First, it is difficult that she was exposed to that much knowledge on the war. She was forced to grow up way to fast. Second, being a child she does not know how to handle the information she was given and ends up telling the other children, and upsetting them. Also it is interesting to see how Marji explains such events, because it is coming from a child’s views.
24 comments:
Because children are more open to ideas, I believe it is easier to tell a story through a child's eyes. It is more acceptable to include things that normally might upset the general population of readers.
Because she is a child, there is no bias between her own opinions and other people's opinions because she is not old enough to combine or separate the two. Her opinions are very honest and not at all fabricated or smoothed over to appear less harsh than reality.
The fact that the story is told through the eyes of the child makes it a lot easier to be controversal. A child can get away with a lot more things than adults can. You think that "oh shes just a child, it doesnt really matter what she thinks." I think Marjane did this on purpose knowing that if she was an adult in the book she would not be able to say half the stuff she does.
I think that as a child you learn from what you see and through what you experienced. Others either agree with you or not, it's just what you have experienced. You can only tell what you know.
Having a child narrator heightens the drama of the whole story. Viewing the events from the eyes of a child tugs at your emotions. Considering children are viewed as innocent and naive, it makes you feel sorry for her. :(
The child narrator is innocent and naive, she can say anything she wants and the audience will not judge her. She can be controversial, indifferent and insensitive.The audience is captivated by her childish innocence. It reminds us of our own childhood and upbringing. One gets the feeling of justification and absolution from any personal childhood mistakes.
since she is a young child you could feel sorry for the things she went thought. when they talk about some of the things they could be hurtful. see things from a young childs view you end up feeling same thing they feel. you would also let them get a way with thing. when if a older person would say we would get anger with them. they pull you in with so that you will feel sympathy for them when you read the book.
Tania B. I think the effect of reading a story in the eyes of a child really gives the reader very good details as did Marjane in this book. Most adults think children dont know any better and that they are not listening. This book shows very well that a child is affected with historical events just as much as adults are.
Tania- I think the effect as adult reading a book in the view of a childs eyes, gives more understanding about how kids really feel and see things in their eyes. Shows that children see things that we dont think they see and or hear, also that they care and worry about things just as much as adults do. Marjane did a great job at expressing her feelings through the eyes of a child.
I think this method works because basically children are unbiased. They are too young to form strong opions of the events unfolding at the time. So when they are written through their eyes we have a better telling of all sides.
I believe that from child point of view you can tell any kinds of storeis freely. Kids can see some things which adult cann't. some times it is good to see it from child view you may have an interesting idea. The author expressed her feeling at the same time telling her personal experence. I believe she was as emmotional as adult in some of her characters.
i agree with kristen, she used a child on purpose. Children are naive and innocent and can say anything and nobody will judge them.Satrapi did a great job writing about the Revolution through the eyes of a child.
In response to what Faith wrote:
I agree that we feel more sympathy for what they went through. I dont think that people wouldnt feel the same way if it was told through an adults view. There is one book that I have read and it is told by an adult and I still felt bad for those living through it all. Same as the childs view.
Paul W H
I will agree with Rebecca Richards to a certain extant. Even though Marjane is young there is no reason she can't have her own opions. Yes her opions are harsh to the real world and very honest, but on the other hand, she is only ten, elevan, and twelve in the book. What does she really know about anything.
i think that kids are the best way to tell it. its a hard party of history having akid tell it makes it alittle easeyer to lisen to
Mao to Kristine- I do feel that she did it on purpose too. I think because she wrote the story in the way that she did, it was more of a view of someone who just observe and took in what she felt was what she saw and heard. I don't really feel she was bais in one way or another, rather she was going with the flow, making this book so interesting to raed.
I think that reading the story through a childs perspective gives a sense that, you are learning right along with her,experiencing loss, fear, and anger. Bringing you back to some place in your own childhood when you felt injustice, trying to relate your feelings to hers. Reading through things in a childs eye, helps to understand the depth the effects of war, revolution and oppression have on everyone.
At times, I think its more of the truth of it was told in the eyes of kids. Kids tend to tell what they actually see going on around them. Thus, telling everything to the exact detail of how things happened. On the other hand, adults tend to lie about certain things or how something actually happens such as an event of a war. If they feel its not worth talking about or if its too violent to be discuss or told, they hide it.
A childs narrative can give more details and not be judged for it where as if the narrator was an adult, people would be more judgmental.
In response to kaiapapaya06, it is more acceptable to tell a story through a child's eye because their opinions may not upset most of the readers.
as you reflect on it, the children is who will tell the truth and not lie about it. for them, lying is like a sin. they don't want to be punish by the adults, so they tend not to lie about what they say. adults seventy-five percent believe what children says about there thoughts or what they have to say. i believe that it will be more realistic and imaginable if a child told it because it is what they have been through to tell their story. also it doesn't hurt them as much to tell it because children's are always open minded and their dendrites always grow and connects.
In response to most people, I agree that it is a lot easier to view the events through the eyes of a child. She definitely tells you straight up what she sees. She's very blunt about her views, and she doesn't leave any thing out.
I agree with you Molly. I also believe that we are learning right along with her. She's teaching us the history of her country throughout her experiences.
Viewing historical events through a child’s eyes is difficult. First, it is difficult that she was exposed to that much knowledge on the war. She was forced to grow up way to fast. Second, being a child she does not know how to handle the information she was given and ends up telling the other children, and upsetting them. Also it is interesting to see how Marji explains such events, because it is coming from a child’s views.
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