Making a connection to a particular story often leaves a mark on the reader and ensures that it will “remain there forever” (MacLeod, 131). MacLeod’s organization of the first two paragraphs indicates that the teller of this story is also a listener, thus demonstrating the strong connection between listening and telling. Notably, the young narrator is retelling his father’s story of a young man from Canna who told himself and his twin brother their grandfather’s story. This demonstrates how Vision is metafictive and draws attention to the nature of storytelling. As the narrator explains, “it is the telling of a story about a story but like most stories it has spun off into others and perhaps no story ever really stands on its own” (MacLeod, 162). The narrator must wend his way through various stories to try and make
Making a connection to a particular story often leaves a mark on the reader and ensures that it will “remain there forever” (MacLeod, 131). MacLeod’s organization of the first two paragraphs indicates that the teller of this story is also a listener, thus demonstrating the strong connection between listening and telling. Notably, the young narrator is retelling his father’s story of a young man from Canna who told himself and his twin brother their grandfather’s story. This demonstrates how Vision is metafictive and draws attention to the nature of storytelling. As the narrator explains, “it is the telling of a story about a story but like most stories it has spun off into others and perhaps no story ever really stands on its own” (MacLeod, 162). The narrator must wend his way through various stories to try and make