Objective Correlative notes/links and read Chapters 7&8 for homework

Hello 12s,

Last class,we looked closely at chapters 5&6.

• We took note of PK's evolving understandings(and misunderstandings)  of the themes and motifs we have been charting.
•  We noted the significance of seemingly simple things/acts ex. food, greetings, body language, making a bet, watching a winning fight.
• We began to explore the notion, and utility of Objective correlatives. 

As promised, I am placing additional resources on Objective correlatives here for you.

I hope you find them useful.

  Please remember to read at least to the end of Chapter 8 for when you return.

Enjoy your break!

A short and clear clip explaining Objective correlative

The link from which the ideas below were sourced.

" [T]he idea is to turn an object, event or character in the story into a translating mechanism that poses some greater question that’s not directly on the page. The qualities or questions these objects evoke aren’t intrinsic to their make or design; they’re deliberately put there by the author, infused by circumstance, description and typically lots of repetition. By repeatedly invoking objects that correspond with the circumstance of the story, the reader is eventually brought to accept their being as something greater than the sum of their parts, and their presence serves as a sort of bridge that brings the reader to accept a larger, thematic meaning in the work.

There are other benefits in using objective correlatives. For one, it’s great way to abide by the writer’s “show, don’t tell” axiom, which essentially means stories should reveal details through dialogue, scene, and action instead of a laundry list of descriptive details. “Showing” is to present details by having your characters or plot exemplify them, instead of simply “telling” us those details outright. Objective correlatives do this naturally: they repeatedly offer an article that relates to the circumstances of the story, and the reader puts its meaning together on his/her own. No instruction required.”

Objective correlatives are exercises in economy, but more importantly, they allow writers to communicate universal concepts tastefully and subtlety.