So, we have been reading The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne in English class and I really liked it, minus the language which turned me off. I'm too used to how we talk today to actually have patience for the language they spoke in the 1800's even though the book was based on the 1600's but I can manage because they're language is great for essays. Speaking of essays, we are actually doing an essay on symbolism of the book and I asked my teacher a question on the first day writing it.
I started noticing that whenever we did discussions and while analyzing passages, that whatever the author wrote was perfect to to discuss. For our essay (and if you have read The Scarlet Letter, you probably will get my topic), we had to either write about the symbolism of Hester Prynne's Scarlet A or write about the symbolism of her daughter, Pearl. I picked the first one, and while quote hunting in the book, it was amazing what I could talk about. I used to think that books were just books. There wasn't really anything else to answer except for the obvious but when I went back to look for quotes, I came across so many questions and answers.
But let me get to my main point here. What I really wanted to know is this.
When authors write a book, do they picture it being in a classroom being discussed?
Whenever I write, I picture my novel turning into a movie because that's how I write and read.
This is a question I really wanted to ask. Did Stephanie Meyer picture her book turning into a movie that people will actually make teams for and having shrines in their closets for? Did J.K. Rowling picture her books turning into famous movies and did she know that she was going to have so much fans? Did Edgar Allen Poe picture his poems being analyzed in a classroom?
I ask this question because I remember last year a boy told our teacher that he didn't think the author of a book wrote the book for kids to read and write essays about. But what if they did?
So, to all authors out there, whenever you write a book, where do you see it being read?
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