Nonfiction+-+Marshall,+Allegra,+Kelsey

__**Discussion 1**__ 1. Share what each of us are reading and why?
 * Allegra--> Into The Wild, John Krakauer, she doesn't read a lot of non fiction and wanted to explore new genres she has heard of the book before and wanted to read it.


 * Marshall--> Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph J. Ellis He was forced to because he hadn't read a lot of non fiction, and he enjoys war stories.


 * Kelsey--> The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank i have always wanted to read this book because her story has always intrigued me.


 * Drew---> the Zookeepers Wife,Diane Ackerman, it has alot of things he is interested in, animals, history, WWII

2. Review the genre
 * Non fiction--> depicts a true event that has happened, usually a story told with a powerful meaning to pull the reader in because the reader wants an interesting true story.

3. Decide what you want to know more about this genre
 * Why do people usually chose fiction and fantasy over an autobiography and non fiction
 * What makes a non fiction something that a reader would like to read
 * The history of non fiction

4. Break down the reading
 * 30 pages a nigh

1. Answer/reaserch about our question:
 * __Discussion 2__**
 * People usually think that auto biographys will be boring, while a made up story will be more interesting because it has no boaundries. Non fiction have to be bound to the real world and truth of what happened.
 * When people want to learn more about a specific real life story. Sometimes for learning purposes.

2. How does the middle of this genre work?


 * The begining give facts to get to know the person. The middle of the non fiction will start getting into the story of the persons life and the climax.

3. Master techniques:


 * Characterization: Author really got into the main characters hhead and showed a lot of direct and indirect characterization. Example:


 * Point of View: Always using the first person because they are journal entries (Auto-Biography)


 * Imagery: The main character travels from Virginia to Alaska and everywhere in between. It also jumps around from place to place so the author has to discribe the locations vividly to show the reader where he is.


 * Flashback: The characters life is being told very out of order so there are many flshbacks

4. Most important master technique:


 * Imagery: The storys are getting more intense and deeper so the setting of where they are is becoming more important


 * Characterization: We are starting to learn more about the characters and their stroies. So it is important to be able to understand what disicions your character will make.


 * Point of View: Spereates biographys from Auto Biographys

__Discussion 3:__
 * Ending the Genre: Both auto-biographies, and biographies both end with extreme closer. They either end up in the present where there is nothing new to tell or ending with the persons death.


 * Question 3: It started when man was able to draw on the cave walls and write down words on paper. People have always want to pass down their own story to future generations.


 * I think that there are three very important master technqiues. These are Imagery, Point of View, and Characterization. Point of view is very important due to the fact it splits up non-fiction into the two classes, autobiographies and biographies. If the story is told in the first person, if they use ersonal pronouns such as "i", then the story is an autobiography. However, if the story uses third person, such as "he" "they" or use the main characters name. Imagery is important beacuse when the story tells you about a different life, time ,or adventure you don't know what it is really like. Like most books imagery allows the reader to actually understand and see what is happening in the story so the reader better uderstands the story. Characerization is very important beacuse non-fiction stories usually follow the story of one person and with characteriation you can better understand the character and understand why he is doing what he is doing. If the characertization is clear and good then the reader will better understand the story and its importance.


 * The main differences in the genre is the point of view that sets the story as an autobiography or biography. If the story is one or the other it greatly affects how the story plays out. If it is an autobiography you are going to get to understand the mai ncharacter more, due to the fact you know his thoughts and personal feelings, that you can't know in a biography where it is mostly based on facts and what was written about the person, not written by the person himself.