This week in class we talked about organizing principles from The Shadow Catcher. We talked about how the organizing principle was the bracelet, the shadow catcher. On the board we saw how the bracelet connected almost all of the characters in the book. Although the way that they all connected was very complicated, it made sense. Having the idea of an organizing principle throughout the book really helped me understand the book better.
The bracelet made me think back over the entire book and connect everything in my head for myself. After I reconnected everything in my head I looked back at the drawing and saw that it was the same. The idea of an organizing principle helped me understand the novel a lot better. It, however, also confused me. The fact that Clara was not part of the "connectedness" of the book confused me. The author spent 150 pages allowing us to get into Clara's mind and then Clara ended up not being a major part of the book. I couldn't figure out why the author did that and that confused me even more.
I think that now when I am confused on things I will look for an organizing principle to figure things out. Organizing principles can really help me when I'm having a hard time figuring something out or even a hard time starting something. If I think of an organizing principle then I can work off of that and connect everything to that organizing principle. Overall, I think that organizing principles have been and will be very useful to me.
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