From: jjstrop at students.wisc.edu <jjstrop>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 12:43:37 -0500

I am new to this discussion group. I am a graduate student in C&I. I have been a reading specialist since 1983. Part of my interest in reading has included a continuing interest in and study of children's and young adult literature. Recently, my interest has expanded to include film as well.

At 04:13 PM 7/16/99 00, you wrote: or the ways these interweave in Myers's story?"

Katy asked: I keep coming back to wondering why Myers chose to write the story in this way, as the script to a movie. Was it so that different readers would come to different conclusions? Any responses?

At first, I didn't think that Steve was an unreliable narrator, but later in the novel I began to have questions. My speculations (based on one reading of the book) are that Myers deliberately chose the movie script to leave open different interpretations, but also to make a point that our interpretations and the making of a film are constructions. Further, how we interpret others' is a construction based on images and beliefs formed in part by media. I found the form of this book particularly interesting since I am interested in reader response and reading both books and film as texts.

Janice J. Strop (jjstrop at students.wisc.edu UW-Madison, Curriculum & Instruction Ph.D. student in Literacy, research assistant & teaching assistant Educational Science, WCER 1025 W. Johnson Madison, WI 53706 608/265 75
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