Seventeen Syllables:
This story has a romance narrative because it talks about how two people from different cultural backgrounds feel about one another. What makes it a romance narrative is the way that Rosie reacted to being kissed and the things she did afterwards. Rosie seemed to care about Jesus because she seemed to me to be always thinking about him. I think she knows it is inappropriate for her to see him but she does it. This is different from other romance narratives because Rosie has to deal with her unhappy parents and at the end she promises her mother that she would not marry. So that would kill her happiness.
Men In Your Life:
This story does not seem like a romance narrative to me because the main character seems to be dissing the man that she talks to. At the end I guess it could have a romantic theme because she is reminiscing about a man that treated her right, but the beginning makes you feel that she is downing men. This is different because she is talking about the ways that men act and why she does not have one. She does find that she there is one man in particular that she wouldn't mind being with. I did not see it being a romance narrative.
3 comments:
I viewed Seventeen Syllables differently then you did, but I totally see where you're coming from, and I think I actually agree with your view. Great response!
I don't think she is dissing men completely. i think that she is self absorbed into what many girls think about when thinking of the perfect guy and how they should be. I think at the end it is a time of realization for her that a real compatible person is someone you can enjoy beign with.
I think you are on the right track saying that Rosie has a lot to deal with by living with her parents loveless marriage. I think that part of the reason she freaks out when Jesus kisses her is because she is a stranger to the concept of love. She has no idea how to respond because she has never really seen two people in love.
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