Blog Post #2: Analyzing Narrative Transport in a Memorable Story

    My mom was telling me a story about how my little sister’s teacher assigned her to sit in between the two naughty kids in her class.  The reason the teacher placed my little sister to sit in between the two kids caused trouble because my little sister is a good student.  So, my mom was saying how my sister was upset because the teacher wouldn’t listen to how my sister felt about being placed in between these two students in her class.  They still cause trouble but since my sister is in between them they just bother her.  

    What was engaging to me about this story was the fact that I have been in my little sister’s position before.  I know how it feels to be put in between two classmates who just bother you and your teacher uses you as a block between them because they know you are a good student.  I was able to connect with my sister and talk to her about how I experienced this too so she shouldn’t worry.  I was in elementary school a long time ago so this just unlocked a memory I forgot about.

    This story allowed me to empathize with my sister like I didn’t get to before.  She was very upset and I could tell it made her feel better knowing other people like me have gone through the same thing.  I cared a lot about solving the problem in this story because of how engaged I was in it.  As you can imagine, my mom was also empathizing with my little sister because she had gone through this same thing with me when I was in elementary school.  

    Since my topic for the narrative essay is an online school and how that impacted me and my outlook on digital technology, I think my way of transporting the reader is through relatability.  A lot of kids had gone through the same thing as me so I feel like I can really relate to a lot of people who were in school during the covid pandemic hit.  This is also a part of the engaging factor of my essay.