Posts Tagged as ‘Expectations’

April 1, 2009

Once Upon An Island…
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

A story has no power without the conviction of its teller. Or without the belief of its listeners. Lloyd Jones’ Mister Pip examines how compelling literary escape can be, as the novel’s narrator Matilda discovers during her struggle to survive on a war torn Papua New Guinea island. [...]

March 25, 2009

Discussion Blog Post
 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Storyteller:
In creating a meaningful experience for an audience of readers, the author has a powerful role as a storyteller. A writer crafts their work in a way to encourage certain responses- they have the power to make us feel emotion and to make us ponder thematic ideas by [...]