My confidence boost
So, I just finished the book my group is reading, 1984 by George Orwell, and loved it. But that’s beside the point. What’s important is that I had initially intended to read it once for pleasure, then once again for analysis, and, I’m not going to lie, I was extremely nervous about the analysis portion. But, something amazing happened! While I was nearing the end of the book, one character says to another, “I guess this is good-by.” When I saw that, I hesitated for a second. Before moving on, I realized that this was the exact type of scenario the book was talking about in Chapter 1. It told us to not just move on when something is misspelled or incorrectly written; it probably has some significance to it. So, I was happy to see that I was able to subconsciously notice that the wrong “goodbye” was being used, which is the first step.
Unfortunately, when I tried looking up the significance of using “good-by” as opposed to “goodbye”, I got nothing. It was discouraging at first, because it got me thinking that “good-by” might simply be a dialect, kind of like “colour” or “doughnut.” But again, I realized that even if that were the case, it didn’t really matter! What’s important is that I was able to spot it out amidst all of the craziness that was going on in the story, let alone if I were searching for it. Now, I feel a lot more confident in my ability to pick out the inconsistencies that I’m sure my novel is full of.
Just thought I should share
Unfortunately, when I tried looking up the significance of using “good-by” as opposed to “goodbye”, I got nothing. It was discouraging at first, because it got me thinking that “good-by” might simply be a dialect, kind of like “colour” or “doughnut.” But again, I realized that even if that were the case, it didn’t really matter! What’s important is that I was able to spot it out amidst all of the craziness that was going on in the story, let alone if I were searching for it. Now, I feel a lot more confident in my ability to pick out the inconsistencies that I’m sure my novel is full of.
Just thought I should share