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Intertextuality of old literature is present through the story “The Boat” to deepen the readers knowledge and connection to the story. The pieces alluded to in “The Boat” are "The Return of the Native", "Moby Dick" and "David Copperfield." The use of Eustacia Vye from "The Return of the Native" helped to better understand the mother, Jenny, in “The Boat.” Throughout the story, Jenny appeared to be a dreary character. After the comparison to Eustacia, we can come to a deeper conclusion. Their external looks, “tall and dark and powerfully energetic,” resemble each other. Eustacia hates the heath where she lives, but through “her deep, brooding passion,” she becomes a “part of its wild nature.” Jenny has the same passion for the life of a fishman’s wife, but she feels alone towards her family, especially her children, for not having her fervour and for not “being of her sea.” In the story “Moby Dick,” Captain Ahab is in search of revenge of the great Sperm Whale who took his leg. The father in “The Boat” is enduring his own pursuit. Everyday he wakes and goes fishing, searching for the passion that should accompany it. However, he only experiences that passion after the work day is done in his room reading, knowing that all he has ever wanted was “to go to university.” The character Ham Peggotty from “David Copperfield” emerges throughout the story in both the narrator and the father. Ham has a hard time communicating what he wants but is a self-sacrificer: he dies in his attempt to save others on a boat that crashes. The narrator shares this self-sacrifice, giving up school to help his father fish, while the father sacrificed his dreams to fulfill Jenny’s. The father dies while at sea, with water deaths being present in all of these stories. The narrator made reference to the different pieces of literature to show how important the works were in his family. His father had wanted to study at university and had asked his son to return to university instead of fishing with him. The narrator ends up as a teacher at a “great Midwestern University.”
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Metafiction is a fictional device which reminds the reader or viewer that it is a fictional piece of work. Authors can achieve metafiction in many different ways, some examples being a fiction within a fiction, the author directly addressing the reader, or a story about a story. This deepens the relationship the reader has between fiction and reality. If it is achieved correctly, the hope is the story will resinate more with the reader and become more “real by not pretending to be real.” It is often thought that a metafiction takes on the qualities of a live play, where the audience is always aware it is fiction, but can become deeply engrossed while watching it. This might be a reason why authors would choose to write something metafictional. The television show 30 Rock, as well as the movie Stranger Than Fiction, both contain many elements of a metafiction. When metafiction is delivered correctly it can illuminate the story, making the audience think more and deepening their experience with the book or movie.
Intertextuality of old literature is present through the story “The Boat” to deepen the readers knowledge and connection to the story. The pieces alluded to in “The Boat” are "The Return of the Native", "Moby Dick" and "David Copperfield." The use of Eustacia Vye from "The Return of the Native" helped to better understand the mother, Jenny, in “The Boat.” Throughout the story, Jenny appeared to be a dreary character. After the comparison to Eustacia, we can come to a deeper conclusion. Their external looks, “tall and dark and powerfully energetic,” resemble each other. Eustacia hates the heath where she lives, but through “her deep, brooding passion,” she becomes a “part of its wild nature.” Jenny has the same passion for the life of a fishman’s wife, but she feels alone towards her family, especially her children, for not having her fervour and for not “being of her sea.” In the story “Moby Dick,” Captain Ahab is in search of revenge of the great Sperm Whale who took his leg. The father in “The Boat” is enduring his own pursuit. Everyday he wakes and goes fishing, searching for the passion that should accompany it. However, he only experiences that passion after the work day is done in his room reading, knowing that all he has ever wanted was “to go to university.” The character Ham Peggotty from “David Copperfield” emerges throughout the story in both the narrator and the father. Ham has a hard time communicating what he wants but is a self-sacrificer: he dies in his attempt to save others on a boat that crashes. The narrator shares this self-sacrifice, giving up school to help his father fish, while the father sacrificed his dreams to fulfill Jenny’s. The father dies while at sea, with water deaths being present in all of these stories. The narrator made reference to the different pieces of literature to show how important the works were in his family. His father had wanted to study at university and had asked his son to return to university instead of fishing with him. The narrator ends up as a teacher at a “great Midwestern University.”
Part 2:
Metafiction is a fictional device which reminds the reader or viewer that it is a fictional piece of work. Authors can achieve metafiction in many different ways, some examples being a fiction within a fiction, the author directly addressing the reader, or a story about a story. This deepens the relationship the reader has between fiction and reality. If it is achieved correctly, the hope is the story will resinate more with the reader and become more “real by not pretending to be real.” It is often thought that a metafiction takes on the qualities of a live play, where the audience is always aware it is fiction, but can become deeply engrossed while watching it. This might be a reason why authors would choose to write something metafictional. The television show 30 Rock, as well as the movie Stranger Than Fiction, both contain many elements of a metafiction. When metafiction is delivered correctly it can illuminate the story, making the audience think more and deepening their experience with the book or movie.
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