Welcome back, I'm on my fifth mission. Today I was assigned the task of analyzing the first draft of my memoir by answering some questions below. I also was asked to watch Wizard of
•Oz: If I Only Had The Brain, Heart, Nerve •Wizard of Oz: Meeting the Wizard •Wizard of Oz: You've Always Had the Power. Please watch these videos, for the nostalgia. I can recall not really understanding the message behind this film when I was younger. Now I'd say Wizard-Of-Oz was showing how you should believe in ones self instead of doubt ones self. That's my guess at least, what's yours? Analyzing IT WAS ALL A LIE -Draft 1 1- How does your narrative allow you to travel into your brain (mind) then and now? My narrative makes me think on how broken I was after hearing the truth back then. Now I think I always knew the truth though, not fully but instinctively knew the truth about my family. But just didn't realize I knew until they told me bits and pieces. 2- How does your narrative allow you to travel into your heart (emotions) then and now? Have you ever noticed how a light can really brighten up a room? Have you also notice how if you turn off said light how dark the room feels? Not is, feels? Because that's how I felt back then, all the joy, all the happiness, all the light has been sucked out of me. Just leaving a dark empty shell behind. Now I appreciate that summer, It gave me the strength I needed to escape those who manipulated me. 3- How does your narrative meet the nerve (high-stakes) element of meaningful storytelling? At the time destructive thoughts ruled my mind with an iron fist. I lost a sense of who I was, I didn't know my past anymore, I didn't know who to trust. When I found out the truth, everyone around me was my enemy. It was like being in prison, always having to watch your back and I'm blind. 4- How does your narrative enable you to re-examine the power (agency) you have in authoring your life-story? My narrative allowed me to see just how powerless and vulnerable I really was. My family could tell me any lie and they did, and I wouldn't have a single clue. But I also saw how in my moment of powerlessness, how I gained complete power to control and dictate my own life. 5- What shapes our sense of identity: Life events or the stories we tell ourselves about life events? I say both. I believe it's a cycle and a necessary one at that. These events and the stories we tell ourselves help shape who we were, are, and are going to be. In order to be the best you, at least in my opion, is to realize that you do have the authority to dictate the stories you tell yourself about those events. Once you realize that, I believe you'll grow exponentially. Please read my first draft: IT WAS ALL A LIE. I don't really like it that much. I wanted to tell this story in a way that will entertain you guys but I might of failed at that. Anyways, I'll do better on the next draft. It's a promise. Help me out by commenting any thought that passed through your mind while reading my draft:)
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Shanell Dodd
9/30/2019 02:16:32 pm
I hope to fit the puzzles of your blogs together before we finish this course. I reading your memoir I felt like I was there. I think you are great at writing.
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9/30/2019 02:22:05 pm
Thank you so much Shanell. I think you're an amazing poet. Your style of writing is lively and expressive.
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9/30/2019 06:22:52 pm
"It was like being in prison, always having to watch your back and I'm blind." This was so deep and seem to mean so much in this one line. You are a great writer and you seem to have an amazing story that needs to be heard, or even write a book.
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9/30/2019 07:33:08 pm
I greatly appreciate that Shayla. That line holds a lot of weight for me, thank you for noticing.
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