This text is not organized AT ALL like any fiction or non-fiction you have been taught to do for the IGCSE or other school tasks. Mark it into three sections (Beginning, Middle, & End). Does it have a thesis —a guiding idea— that the anecdotes and details support or prove or give nuance for? If it has a thesis, what is that idea?
- I think the beginning is the interview, the middle is the Journalist Deborah’s memory of her life in Paris, as well as Justin’s attempt to engage with Kate, and the ending will be the discussion in the restaurant.
- This is a narrative essay, it has a thesis that one has to fight for love before it’s too late. The anecdotes and details all support this guiding idea/thesis.
Every time I read non-fiction, I ask how much I believe it. Even the best of us, in recounting a memory, is tempted to flatter ourselves or justify our actions. What details enhance the credibility of the author? Where do you think it might be “soft” in authenticity?
- There are many quotes in this narrative essay, which means that to an extent the story must be fictional.
- However, it has to be a real story that happened because the story progression is very natural and sounds real to the audience.
If you were to make a 30-minute movie of this, what scenes would you want to include?
- If this is transformed into a movie, I would include the interview scene, the journalist’s memory of her life in Paris and how she got together with his husband, Justin’s fight for love with Kate, and the restaurant scene when they are together sharing their anecdotes.
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