It is important to use our observations/knowledge of the world around us to understand and make meaning out of what we read. Thinking about your experience with the writing excursion, how much importance does your author place on how two characters in your book dress/look? How do you know this?
As I have come to the conclusion of my book, I think about how the author took the time to really describe Abe Lincoln throughout the various times of his life (as a young boy hunting his first vampire to the pale, gaunt president that is immortalized in Washington DC). Seth Graham-Smith really takes the time to describe the hunting jacket and axe that Lincoln carries for most of his life. I believe that he did this so that the reader (me) can become more familiar with the personal side of a president that is so well-known. He, the author, lets us into the intimate life of a man who is one of the greatest faces of this country and by describing how Mr. Lincoln is dressed allows me to really see how the man was, not the president.
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