PN+Andy

Questions: "A Shirt Full of Bees"

What creative strategy does the author use to begin the story?

This is effectuated via the utilization of an anecdote.

What is the point (or thesis) of the narrative?

“I’m outside, but I’m inside.” - This is tantamount to an epiphany, in which the raconteur in question intimates that his affinity for nature and its concomitants has been completely illusory until this juncture, as he had, without being cognizant of it, sequestered himself within a world of his own, thus surreptitiously extricating himself from this wondrous avocation while simultaneously indulging in it.

What is 'the moment' on which the author focuses?

This “moment” is when he is accosted by a congregation “yellow jackets”, as he had denominated them.

What events are not central to the story and 'disappear in the puff of a sentence'? (It's necessary information, but detail is not needed.)

He endeavors to encapsulate his convalescence from his anterior predicament with one sentence. This is evidently not a particularly momentous incident, but it is integral, and he had circumvented several days’ worth of minutiae while still conveying what had transpired.

What is the POV?

It is in first person.

What are the key details in the story?

How does the author "leave the reader thinking"?


 * Part II: Prewriting (post on your PN wiki page)**


 * Assignment**: Your assignment is to write a narrative about a formative moment in your life that somehow defined who you are (the event changed you or you learned about an important idea). You must include several paragraphs that reflect on how you changed, what did you learned, and WHY is it significant.

Directions: Fill in the information below as completely as possible.

I am, indubitably, a cinematic aficionado. Anyone with whom I have procured amicable relations can corroborate this. But, anterior to the indelible incident I will be expatiating on, I could not have been any more indifferent towards the industry in question, as incongruous, if not dubious, as it may sound. In retrospect, I would aver that this is a relatively sublime anecdote (at least amongst the paucity of narratives because it is clearly illustrative of how one, ostensibly negligible vicissitude is capable of irrevocably altering the course of one's life.
 * Purpose:**

All and sundry
 * Audience:**

I had allocated approximately six months to the compilation of what I have come to postulate as the 100 greatest films in cinematic history (an homage to AFI's own venture), an endeavor which, aside from leaving an indelible upon me cognitively, had numerous ramifications pertaining to other aspects of life.
 * Thesis:**

Appearance: Ineffable Age: 14 Motivation / Objective: To attain a newfound conversance of immemorial films in order to facilitate my comprehension of the cinematic industry.
 * Description of Character** (this is you)

It takes place within my domicile, though this is liable to permutations. It transpires during the first half of my ninth grade.
 * Setting:**

- I commence with the aforementioned endeavor. - My academic life is encumbered grievously by said endeavor. - I persevere.
 * Plot:**

My intransigence in my adherence in this ideated itinerary had proven pernicious for numerous other aspects of quotidian life.
 * Conflict:**

This is nebulous thus far.
 * Dialogue:**

"Sight" is evidently integral.
 * Sensory Details:**

It had irrevocably and incontrovertibly altered my life.
 * Reflection / Analysis section**: