For this week’s blog post, I decided to read the short story, Sorry to Disturb You. Although it was a difficult read, it was interesting and very thought-provoking. The story described the narrator’s job at a funeral home and his struggle and fear of understanding death.
There weren’t many characters to the story, making the network graph difficult to make. The story never really described any face to face interaction between characters and mainly focused on the narrator’s internal dialogue. I decided to make a network graph describing which characters had connections. The narrator had a connection to every character, while Jonty, and Mr. and Mrs. Holroyd worked together, thus connecting them together.
I’d say that for this story, a network graph wouldn’t really be appropriate due to the lack of characters, dialogue, and relationships. I based my graph off of an assumption that these characters interacted/spoke with in the past, which isn’t really a good way to frame a story. Besides that, it’s also already a stretch that the nodes are connected based on whether or not the characters have a relationship in the first place.
You can also see my network graph here.
Hi, I also read the same story, and it was really interesting. I read several other stories, too, but this one captivated my attention the most. I personally thought the narrator in the end became somewhat disconnected from the other characters, due to her connections to the dead spirits. I also thought you were supposed to create a connectivity chart whether there was a connection that you perceived or not? I am not too sure about this, but just wanted to let you know. I also agree with you that it is a little hard to form a relationship map when the story is framed through first-person-point-of-view. Nice post!
Hi, I thought your criticism to the use of the fusion tables was pretty accurate. I agree with you that the tables are limited especially if there are very few characters or interactions. For the short story that I picked, Seven People with the Same Name and Their Discreet Moments, I encountered a similar problem, where each “chapter” had very few characters, which made the analysis feel very superficial. Keep up the good work!