My story takes place in my childhood, and has actually been quite thought provoking for me, in the realm of what it means to be a child vs. being an adult, and whether those two stages of life really are so black and white. My goal in looking for sources is to aid in cultivating within the reader a perhaps childlike, or at least more imaginative, outlook--if only for the duration of the story.
"I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be."
I love this quotation and feel like it will so perfectly relate to and weave into my storyline. In my story, my best friend and I, at around 8 years old, decided to conduct a "seance." We didn't actually grasp the concept of it, but we had a, mostly visual, idea in our heads of what it was to be. And so we made it be. This quote asserts that full understanding is not always necessary for putting something into practice.
2. My second source is another quotation, this time from The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne:
"'What day is it?', asked Winnie the Pooh.
'It's today,' squeaked Piglet.
'My favorite day,' said Pooh."
The way this quotation will enhance my storyline, I think, is by calling attention to the way children have such a present moment to present moment way of living. Pooh's favorite day is independent of days past or future. His favorite day is today.
I think using books such as Winnie the Pooh is a great idea to describe a time when you were a kid and had no idea what you were getting yourselves into. I especially liked how you picked two quotes about not knowing things, and that you don't have to fully understand something to do it, because I think many people including myself can find this very relatable. I also think it will be really interesting to read it from a childlike perspective, or a more imaginative perspective because that will help the reader be able to picture what you must be thinking as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI like how the first quote portrays how as you're growing up, you can't always understand everything, and that you don't just become an adult once you reach a certain age. I can relate, as I am almost 21 and I still feel so far from being an adult, and there's probably a lot that I don't understand. I also liked the second quote, which really shows how a child can easily enjoy the present compared to an adult who might often worry about their future or regret their past.
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