Wednesday, November 18, 2009

How do authors make their readers feel empathy?

Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It was a hard concept for me to understand at first because how are you supposed to know what there feeling when your not them. Now I realize as I started to write an empathy story that empathy is a deep feeling that really needs to be in a story.
Most authors right it so so much that they don't even have to think about but writers like me that just write during L.A a have to think more about it. I know this from writing my empathy story and struggling with the whole concept.

Most authors have empathy in there story's and that causes some of the best novels like Pride, and Prejudice, to Bridget Jones. They both have empathy but if they didn't they'd be boring, not very emotional, and you wouldn't relate.

I can think of three different ways to write empathy in my opinion. Number one is that maybe something in there past happened and they want to share it with the world and make them feel empathy. The second reason is that they want to sell the book and to do that it has to be interesting, and that means that they need empathy. The third and final reason is that when your writing how can you not write a bit of empathy in your story, it's fun.

Empathy is in almost every good book because it is so descriptive and interesting so even if you read every book in the world almost all will have empathy.


Sunday, November 8, 2009

what would it be like to wear a burqa!

A burqa. To me a burqa doesn't just take away your image but it takes away who you are. Wearing one everyday would be hard. Not getting to wear shorts and a tank-top when its hot or getting to show of your beautiful hair in the soft fresh air. Instead having to cover it up inside a burqa hidden and never to be seen by the world! Its like keeping peanut butter from jelly. Fruit from pie. Fat from Mac.Donald's. It one of those things you just can't do.

When we first started reading this book I would think about what it would be like to wear one. Then i just thought i never would have to and stopped. Now that I'm back to the thought what would it be like. Well you don't know until you try ,but until i actually find the time to try I'm just going to imagine. Well it wouldn't be comfortable and it wouldn't feel right to have family friends who don't know what you really look like. Then again what could you do about it. You wouldn't be able to change anything. The burqa isn't just something to cover you from others but something that can control you. It's taking over woman's life ruining there hopes there dreams and everything that they have that keeps them going. Burqas are what women hate are what womens rights are is what is making men so over powering. There why we must fight against it ,hate on those who agree with them ,and agree with those who fight against it. We must do everything we can but is it enough.
So to answer your question i would hate to wear a burqa!