The book I have dissected and analyzed is Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. The book opens up in the third person narrative of a twelve year old bookworm named Meggie. She sees a rain-soaked, ominous man standing outside her house and immediately runs to her father, Mo. This is the point of the book where everything begins to change for Meggie. She constantly travels to different parts of the United States with her father, missing school, leaving behind friends, and only feeling close to Mo and her books. This time, she meets her great aunt, Elinor, and Elinor is pulled into the mix as well. Mo is secretive for a while, but he begins to tell her about his ability, as he really doesn't have a choice: the power to read out anything from books, which
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Though, the story was mostly limited to Meggie’s experience in the book. Knowing the experiences of the other characters gave me insight on how the book was going to proceed and gave me information that the other characters wouldn’t know until later. This is important because it allowed me to make predictions on how the plot was going to play out. For example, when Dustfinger had betrayed Mo and told the Black Jackets (Capricorn’s men) where he would be residing, I had been able to read how guilty he felt, but tried to ignore it, and what his next plan of action was. I had also been able to read what Elinor had experienced when she returned home, after escaping Capricorn’s village, and seeing the destruction that had been left because of the Black Jackets. It wouldn’t be until later that these things would be known by Meggie and Mo. I also obtained more knowledge on Farid and what his actions would be with Dustfinger and Dustfinger’s horned marten, Gwin, who had taken a great interest in Farid. When in Farid’s third person perspective, I learned that Meggie’s mother had been read out of Inkheart, and was now one of Capricorn’s favorite servants. This would affect Meggie later when she learned who Capricorn’s prisoners were and what she would do to avoid releasing the Shadow onto
Though, the story was mostly limited to Meggie’s experience in the book. Knowing the experiences of the other characters gave me insight on how the book was going to proceed and gave me information that the other characters wouldn’t know until later. This is important because it allowed me to make predictions on how the plot was going to play out. For example, when Dustfinger had betrayed Mo and told the Black Jackets (Capricorn’s men) where he would be residing, I had been able to read how guilty he felt, but tried to ignore it, and what his next plan of action was. I had also been able to read what Elinor had experienced when she returned home, after escaping Capricorn’s village, and seeing the destruction that had been left because of the Black Jackets. It wouldn’t be until later that these things would be known by Meggie and Mo. I also obtained more knowledge on Farid and what his actions would be with Dustfinger and Dustfinger’s horned marten, Gwin, who had taken a great interest in Farid. When in Farid’s third person perspective, I learned that Meggie’s mother had been read out of Inkheart, and was now one of Capricorn’s favorite servants. This would affect Meggie later when she learned who Capricorn’s prisoners were and what she would do to avoid releasing the Shadow onto