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Strange Objects

Strange Objects. Style By Dominique, Dhaula and Rachel. Style of narrative?. Non-fiction convincing. How does this contribute to the ideas in the story?. The ideas are written to be believable and convincing. How are the chapters written?. Journal entries Newspaper articles

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Strange Objects

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  1. Strange Objects Style By Dominique, Dhaula and Rachel

  2. Style of narrative? • Non-fiction • convincing

  3. How does this contribute to the ideas in the story? • The ideas are written to be believable and convincing

  4. How are the chapters written? • Journal entries • Newspaper articles • Sections of books • Radio interviews • Wouter Loo’s Journal

  5. Why has it been written this way? • It makes the novel believable • Many of the journal entries are backed up with information gathered from books, newspaper articles, radio interviews etc. • Theres extra information (footnotes) • Each chapter is written with an official title and author

  6. Structure • The story begins as if it were the ending (Dr Michaels is searching for Messenger when he sends her the Messenger documents. The book is made up of these documents). • Most of the story is written is written as if it were a journal entry adding background information from newspapers and books. • The novel includes a number of different literature techniques • Fact • Interpretation • Correction • speculation

  7. Fact • a point which can be verified. • Item 31: "Charles Sunrise was admitted to the Hamelin Base Hospital with head injuries. His condition is critical."

  8. Interpretation • Someone’s way of telling something (eg. An event, a story etc.) • Item 15: "After many painstaking readings of this journal, it appears to me that Wouter Loos was a young man with a great deal to put behind him."

  9. Correction • A document which shows where supposed facts are wrong • Item 26: "That entire story is pure fabrication and a cruel hoax. I would like to set the record straight for the benefit of your readers."

  10. Speculation • A way of thinking about how something has happened • Item 7: "The research team believes that the document under study is an authentic seventeenth-century manuscript, probably a journal...."

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