In Beck’s article about narratives there was a lot of information given. I found that some of the information intrigued me and seemed to have me really engaged with the text. Beck mainly talks about writing your life as a narrative, and how your life is a story. I guess I’ve always thought of my life as a story but never a narrative. Never as something like an autobiography or myself as an author. She also talks about memories and how they are memorized in one’s brain. How usually our memories are false memories, to be tailored to our crowd. And how we tell our memories changes the story in our head to what we just made it up to be. I’ve heard of that before and I find that very interesting how we can throw in small details and make something true, false. But it’s okay that the memory is false, says Beck, she tells us that as long as the memory has a purpose and a meaning and that something was learned from it all. That a false memory can make a good narrative. Also the thought of mental health being brought into narrative is something I’ve never thought of before. How one’s depiction of their stories could be perceived in a way that’s negative all because of trauma and their mental state. I believe that’s important to know that not all narratives will be happy, that people do suffer and that their stories affect other’s also. It’s important that their stories are told. I was just very intrigued in reading about this. Also this article I think has been my favorite to read. It’s something very relatable and understandable. It was very real also.
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when you state that not all narrative will be happy I resinate with that. As someone who has gone through troubles it does affect how outlook on our lives. A major even can completely change and impact the narrative of our “story”. And I totally agree with this article being the most enjoyable, I too thought it was the most enjoyable read so far. It makes you truly think about your life as a story and all of your memories and actions that brought us to who we are.
I really like your annotations and how you were making connections through the article. I like how you talked about memories because I wrote about the same thing. Your connection with narratives was good too, and how it can be perceived. When you mentioned narratives with mental health, I never really thought of that either, so I like how you mentioned that in your blog. Overall, your description of this article was good and the connections you made with the world and yourself was good!