Journal 6: Helping the Reader

      It is important to evaluate one’s own personal narrative from the reader’s point of view because sometime other people might find things which the person doesn't notice. Others talk about yourself might definitely different from your point of view. For example, you think that your EQ is very high that you can control your emotions well. However, some people might think that you usually change your moods rapidly. The relationship between the writer and the material in a personal narrative is closer than that of between the reader and the material. Writer must know things better than reader because the story is writer’s and the event and emotion are all created by the writer. Readers are “Listener” who knows the story which is shared by the writer. For example, I share a significant essay to my friend. This story is all about me that I create and act it. I turn this story in to words in order to share to my friend. My friend probably can imagine some pictures of my story and feel my emotion, but she might not hundred percent knows what I really want to express. She knows all the details about the story, but she is still not as close to the story as me.