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The Red Bandana - Tom Rinaldi …
The Red Bandana - Tom Rinaldi
Crucial Moments and Effort
Inspring Action
My conclusion is this book can inspire action by acting as a symbol for heroism, selflesness, confidence, and bravery.
"Follow me. Only help the ones that you can help. And follow me." (Rinaldi 124)
This is signiifcant because it could make the reader feel or act differently when in tough situations. Helping others out, being selfless, and taking care of others. This matters because of how this could/would encourage action from the reader later on in life if put to these tough situations. This helps me deepen my understanding by giving an example of text that would encourage action of the reader.
"Welles never spoke about any type of bullying with his mother at all" (Rinaldi 30).
This is significant because it might make the reader ffeel or act differently because it may make them (if they get bullied) either speak up, or follow what Welles did and not speak up. This matters because it could/would encourage action of the reader. This helps me deepen my understanding by showing an example of text that could encourage action.
Develops Empathy
My conclusion is that non-fiction helps us develop empathy of other people's experiences because it vividly shows the other side of somebody's story we wouldn't normally see.
"She was surrounded by scores of the dead and dying. Next to her was a man whose facial features had been shorn off his skull/. A few feet away, she saw a woman whose legs had been severed." (Rinaldi 122)
This is significant because with giving this point of view of this gruesome scene, we feel empathetic for this girl, feeling the same feelings of both digust and fear. This matters because it gives the reader the feeling of how this woman felt during the crash. This deepns my understanding by giving a vivid example of what empathy could look like.
"Welles was standing now, in full tears swinging the bat, it was very difficult for him to do that" (Rinaldi 33).
This is significant because it shows the characters emotions, giving the reader that new perspective including empathy. This matters because it makes the reader feel these emotions for Welles. This deepens my understanding because you can develop empathy with many different emotions that the protagonist.
Technique
My conclusion is the author uses imagery to provide vivid scenes in your head while reading to make the experience annd factual information more compelling.
"She was surrounded by scores of the dead and dying. Next to her was a man whose facial features had been shorn off his skull/. A few feet away, she saw a woman whose legs had been severed." (Rinaldi 122)
This evidence is significant because it shows how imagery can impact and made factual information more compelling. This matters because it can prove that imagery makes books, (especially non-fiction) can be propelled way further into scenic images by using imagery. It deepens my understanding of technique by seeing an example of it, giving me a clear image of what occured in the text.
"On September 11, 2001, in the worst terrorist attack in the history of America, 2977 people died." (Rinaldi 2)
The author used structure and foreshadowing to make this more compelling, putting this at the beginning of the book to give the reader some foreshadowing of what this could be related to. This matters because it shows up later in the bok. This deepens my understanding of the question because it gives an example of figurative language that the author used.
Shaping Understanding
Different non-fiction genres shape our understanding of a topic through persepctive, bias, and storytelling by showing or presenting information through a specific point of view for the reader to enjoy.
"She reached down to her shirt, using the fabric to wipe them off. When she put her glasses back on, the sight overwhelmed her." (Rinaldi 123)
This is significant because it gives the girls perspective in the situation giving a feeling of uncertainty for the reader. This matters because with only this one girls perspective, the reader has no idea what she could have seen. Leaving their own mind to make up the impossible. This deepens my understanding by seeing an example of a different perspective.
"He walked down the stair. There was not a towheaded middle schooler to be found. The sleeping bags and blankets were as empty as the toom. No one was there." (Rinaldi 25)
This piece of evidence is significant because it shows the exact definition of perspective and bias in the text provided. This matters because it proves that using perspective, bias, and storytelling has an impact on the reader. This deepens my understanding of the essential question because it gives an example of what I would look for if I wanted to find selective storytelling.