I found this short story
really interesting because of the amount of different connotations there are.
Everybody in the class had their own interpretations of the story and it was
really interesting to see things from other peoples points of view, for
example, some people read this in a dark way thinking it was related with a
murder and others were mentioning that it could be innocent and the knife could
be in the kitchen. I personally think that the word knife instantly leaves a
darker image in your mind just because of the connections it has. When I first
read the story I imagined it to be about a criminal waking up the night after
they had committed their crime and wishing the knife (the weapon) had been
taken away but it hadn’t. After listening to all the things others were
saying, I starting thinking it could be a metaphorical knife and it could be a
case that he wanted a memory to be taken away.
So connotations of words are very important for how meanings are derived? Do you think this is true for longer narratives?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion yes because when i read a story i look at the words then end up guessing the ending just through what words have been used, for longer stories aswell, for example; if a book started with 'it was a dark gloomy night' the words would make you instantly think the story will be dark just because of the connotations of the words 'dark' and 'gloomy'
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