Sunday, January 20, 2008
An obiturary for Characters in "The Management of Grief"
The Kutty brothers and their father died Tuesday June 12 in a plane crash on their way back to their home town of Toronto, Canada. The boys were in their late teens early twenties and their father was in his early fifties. They all leave behind their wife and mother Mrs. Bhave and a couple of sisters and daughters. The father (Vikrom) Mrs. Bhave says, was a saver and a careful investor (pg 282). Even though Mrs. Bhave didn’t have anything to say about their son’s, all three guys will be missed for sure. Mrs. Bhave knows that one day they will be all together again in heaven.
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Lauren, I think this is a good idea in terms of picking a (creative) genre that fits the story's subject and theme.
To measure how successfully you've imitated this genre, let's think of what a "real" obituary looks like... Obituraries are generally short pieces that succintly describe the departed's life accomplishments, cause of death, and family who are left behind. Usually the departed's name(s) and age(s)is/are given. Finally, obituaries are usually pretty formal in tone, lacking emotion.
As you compare your obituary to this description of a "real" one, consider how you might be able to find some of these details in the story...the boys' names and ages, what sports they did in school. I don't believe much was said about the husband, Mr. Bhave; it looks like you found the few details of his life/personality offered.
Also consider the tone of the last 2 sentences. How could those sentences match the objective tone you used well in the rest of the piece?
Again, this was a good idea - Erinn
I like how you described each of the charcters with the events that follwed. I just don't think that Mrs. Bhave will really miss anything she really didn't have any feelings throuhgout the story.
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