Nico made this note while listening to Karin Slaughter’s NPR interview. People in story should matter to readers. This note refe
rs to which important idea found in the interview? I'm one of those people who doesn't really think of thrillers in a conventional way you have to make sure that the reader cares enough about these characters "The Great Gatsby," where you had a lone gunman killing someone. I'm thinking about the books I grew up with, even "Gone with the Wind,"
Answer: you have to make sure that the reader cares enough about these characters.
In order for a story to be successful and popular, the reader has to care about the characters that are present in the narrative. When a reader cares about these characters, he becomes invested in the story, and is more likely to read it all the way to the end. However, if he is not interested in the characters, he is more likely to think of the story as trivial and to have little motivation to finish the book.
Although both Arnetta and Wash wanted segregation to end in Birmingham, they both responded differently to the march. Wash did not participate. He watched from the sidelines, amazed that the marchers would allow themselves to be arrested. Arnetta did join the march. However, unlike Wash, she was disappointed that she had not been arrested.
Maleeka says that Desda can hardly read so getting into college won't be easy. Why is Miss Saunders giving the diary assignment? She gives the assignment so that the students know what it feels like to live in someone else's skin and to see the world through someone else's eyes.
