Sunday, September 6, 2009
"Cheers" Response
After reading and rereading "Cheers," decide whether you think it is a story or not. Once you've made your decision, share your thoughts with the rest of us! Make sure to include at least three reasons for your opinion, and respond to what others’ have said thus far (which means you'll have to read what has already been posted). Try to avoid simply repeating what others have said and make it your own!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Jamie W.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that "Cheers" is a story. I believe it resembles more of a vignette. A story usually has a begining, middle, and end while Cheers did not have all of these. A vignette is a short literary descriptive and usually does not have a point. This "story" i believe is more of a vignette becuase there was really no meaning behind it and it was short and decriptive. My three reasons that this is not a story is becuase it does not have a begining, middle, and end, it is a short literary description, and there is really no underlying meaning behind the collection of sentences.
I don't think "Cheers" is a story either. A story needs some kind of problem or conflict, with a climax and resolution. It definitely has no problems, it is just sort of a string of events with no real purpose. I feel that it is a memory that could be expanded on to be a story. It seems like the author was writing out a clip from a movie for the visually impaired.
ReplyDeleteI agree with my two classmates above me. It is not a story. The vague workings of a story? Maybe. They had almost all the components of a story, but didn't really all sum it up or tie it all together. This, like Jamie/Martin said, seems to be more of a vingette than a story persay. This is mainly observations, not a drawn out, in-depth story.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that "Cheers" is much of a story. It doesn't seem to have much of an ending and not too much of a plot. To me a story is flat out beginning, middle, and end but this one all of those aspects seem too hazy to be an actual story.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone above, that "Cheers," is not a story. In a story like Jamie said there is usually a introduction, body, and an ending. I do not think that "Cheers," had these 3 things. Another reason I do not think Cheers is a story is because there was no real conflict, and or plot. Cheers seems more like a certain scene in a book, but is not a story in itself.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also agree with them it's not a story. Its not a really a real story. It's saying about how she makes cheerleaders cloths and makes them feel like their the queen of the day. It didn't have what normal stories had and theres no pilot in this story.
ReplyDeletePersonally I feel that "Cheers" is not a story because some of these sentances are really strange. For example the second sentance, "Row of skinny houses on a mud alley.". I dont even know what kind of sentance structure that is besides it's incomplete. I agree with them that there is not plot to this short story so it has to be a poem. This is probably the strangest piece of writing I've ever read...
ReplyDeleteI posted on Friday my response to the Lit B period wall because this one wasn't working...but I copy+pasted it over...
ReplyDeleteThese posters cheated, they posted at like, 8 a.m.! Anyways, I agree with what they said. "Cheers" is not a story. It's more like a passage from a story. This "thing" pretty much only introduces one character and explains her hobby, and like Mike S. said, this story has no climax. The last thing that bugged me the most was the ending. It was not a sufficient ending in my opinion, ending it with the comment from the lady... Doesn't cut if for me.
Craig...sentence* sentence* sentence*.
In my opinion I think that "Cheers" is a very small section of a large story which explains much more. Although for a three paragraphed section of a story it says a lot. For example it talks about an old lady who makes cheerleading outfits for 10 year old girls, also it states where they live, what they're doing and who they are. Even though theres only really two main characters. But I suppose it is possible that this is really a short story. But I'm a little more certain that this is a cut out of a main story.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that "Cheers" is a real story mainly because of the sewing woman's occupation: "She made cheerleading suits for ten-year olds." I have never heard of such a specific vocation - it seems a little bit unrealistic. The sewing woman also said that the ten year old girls' cheerleading vests were the same size as hers, which also a little bit strange. Also, there is a lot of description, which of course is a great thing for the reader visually - but if it was a real story I'm not positive that the author would have remembered so many small details.
ReplyDeleteThe great deatail of description in "Cheers" makes my mind think that this IS a true story. I writter is focusing on alot of specifics, too many to be a fictional story. I think it's beleiveable that the sewing woman is that same size as a bunch of ten year olds because i imagine she's just a little old lady. I could picture the sewing lady sewing with needles in between her red lipstick. Cheers is a real story in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteLike others in my class I think "cheers" isn't a story.A story has to have a begining a middle and an end. This piece of writing seems like it is a piece from a story. Its not a story because a story has to have a conflict and this one doesn't. If the story doesn't have a conflict then it doesn't have a resolution.
ReplyDeleteTo continue my comment- "Cheers" did not have a beginning, middle or end like a story is supposed to have. I beleive it is a passage from a story- it was the middle of the story since we are thrown right into the story- we don't know anything about the characters or even why she was sewing the outfits. "Cheers" is a story, but we only were given a section of the story.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Spencer. "Cheers" is lacking all the major parts of a story. I think with a little more effort, and a lot more plot, it could become one. I think that this would make a good start.
ReplyDeleteI think that "Cheers" is a section of a story. The reason why is that it is almost like we jumped right into a section of the story. We don't know who the sewing lady is, why she is sewing cheerleader outfits and what she does with the money. There is not alot of detail and no plot at all.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the majority of the responses that "Cheers" is not a story. I agree with Sonja that it needs a conflict with a climax and a resolution. The introduction of the characters and the setting is another missing component.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that "Cheers" is a story. Usually, when I read a story there is some factor that changes. Through out this paragraph, I did not notice any change or any structure that this "story" encluded, I just read a lot of descriptive sentences. It also seems that most students did not think this was a story either.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to others in the class, I do not think that "Cheers" is a story by itself. However, it may be part of a story. Right now there is not enough information given about the plot or the story line. The reader only knows details about the setting and characters. The reader has no idea where this "story" is going, or the point of it. It there was a climax added on to this introduction, then conflicts/problems could be introduced and a story line would be created. Right now it is just a paragraph of descriptions.
ReplyDeleteAlthough at first I did not believe that "Cheers" was a full on story, and thought it was just a section of a story - my view has slightly changed. After seeing real proof that "Cheers" was in fact a story, it opened my eyes and changed the way I define a story. I can also see now that author really have a lot of freedom as to what and how they publish their work.
ReplyDelete