In this lesson, I really enjoyed learning about the prominence and importance of analepsis in writing. It seems so obvious, yet I never thought about it on first reading the book. In fact, I don't think I even read the fact that it said 'December 2001' under the title chapter one.
I enjoyed analysing the first page and seeing that as he is referring back to different time zones and then moving on straight away e.g. 'i realise i have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years. One day last summer ...' subconsciously grips and involves the reader in the story.
I also enjoyed learning that writers often uses preface's at the beginning of stories to make the reader believe that the story is a 'true story'. I found this interesting because I had never thought about the possibility that these introductions could be deceving us about whether the story was factual or not.
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