The Fiftieth Gate is in essence a history, or to use a film term, a documentary. It focuses on the experience of The Holocaust in Eastern Europe occurring during WWII - (1939 -1945).
What is of particular interest is the way in which the book is composed; rather than being a single grand official narrative of the period, Baker uses a composite of narratives, both fictitious and real in conjunction with historical documents.
As such the book is a history with many narrative dimensions: spiritual, cultural, linguistic, factual and institutional. The transition from one narrative to another is often seamless, Baker making the point that our experiences of history and events, telling and retelling is complex.
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How do I approach creative writing?
Creative writing is about using your imagination.
When you are given stimulus it means you have to respond to an image or some words and use that to generate a very short story. The image usually has a theme, like Belonging. For example you may be shown a picture of a fish out of water; the idea is that fish usually belong in water.
Your task is to write a scene which describes this idea.
Students generally are too ambitious in their plot ideas. You only have 40 minutes in which to write. Its a good idea to create a character who is confronted by a single problem, the problem of not belonging. How does that look? What situation could describe being a fish out of water?
In this short time, the story must describe the problem and move to some resolution. Remember it is your job to keep the reader interested. What happens to the fish out of water character? Did she 'drown'? Did she learn to swim in air? What was it like being a fish out of water? Did she enjoy the freedom etc…..?
When you are given stimulus it means you have to respond to an image or some words and use that to generate a very short story. The image usually has a theme, like Belonging. For example you may be shown a picture of a fish out of water; the idea is that fish usually belong in water.
Your task is to write a scene which describes this idea.
Students generally are too ambitious in their plot ideas. You only have 40 minutes in which to write. Its a good idea to create a character who is confronted by a single problem, the problem of not belonging. How does that look? What situation could describe being a fish out of water?
In this short time, the story must describe the problem and move to some resolution. Remember it is your job to keep the reader interested. What happens to the fish out of water character? Did she 'drown'? Did she learn to swim in air? What was it like being a fish out of water? Did she enjoy the freedom etc…..?
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