Reflection On My Major Work

My Major Work is a short story that examines how the subjectivity of human perception and memory can distort the way individuals perceive events and articulate responses. My work is a creative portrayal of the concept of truth, particularly centred around the discrepancies between individual interpretations and responses to the same situation. Whilst this concept has only recently been established and is still developing, I believe that it achieves the fundamental purpose I had initially envisioned; to inform and provoke my audience. Through this concept, I intend to inform audiences about the complexities of human interpretations and responses, but I also aim to provoke my audience by questioning the concept of truth. I intend for my work to appeal to an intellectual, adult audience. As it is an internal examination of human emotion and perception, I believe it will particularly appeal to those who are interested in the complexities of the human psyche. My work is confronting as it subverts idealised notions of family relationships through a suspenseful and explicit plotline. Furthermore, whilst my work omits technical language and details of psychology, I believe that the themes and emotional …show more content…
Poe’s examination of human behavior and morality through an unreliable narrator creates an engaging body of work that inspired various facets of my Major Work. Whilst Poe’s writing style is intricate and explicit, the unreliable narrators create a sense of obscurity as their questionable sanity veils “the damnable atrocity”4 of their crimes. A predominant concern I had with my first manuscript stemmed from the lack of emotion in Jack’s perspective. I was inspired, however, by the emotion and urgency of Poe’s writing style, and this enabled me to develop Jack’s characterisation by heightening the emotional dynamic in his