Blog Post 15

Research Question:
What are the elements in young adult novels that makes people cry?

The information I would like to gather from my research participants is what makes them cry? I would like to find out what books made them cry? What elements? What was it that triggered the crying? Was it connection to a character? A personal connection/experience? Were you immersed in the story so it was like it was happening right before your eyes or happening to you? I would like to also look at the writing in the story and see if maybe the way that the author writes creates this sad feeling.

I believe that the connection to the character (either main character or with another) or the association with a memory/experience would make the reader cry. I think that to achieve this the writing has to have a way of getting the reader immersed in the story and making the story believable.

What do you think makes people cry?
What type of family did you grow up in? Are showing your emotions encouraged?
What makes you personally cry?
What are some books that you have read that have made you cry?
Tear up?
Not crying physically but maybe on the inside?
Are you male or female?
Have you ever lost someone or something? (Pet, person, object that has meaning)
What movies have made you cry?
Do you think you might have reacted differently if it was a different character?
Was it a happy or sad moment that made you cry/tear up?
Do you feel a connection to the person that died and if so what kind of connection? Describe it if you can't put a word to it
Do you connect to the narrator? What character do you connect to most?
Have you cried because you see others cry, though you personally didn't feel sad?
Did you believe the story?
Were you emersed in the story? Brought into the story?
How long did it take you to read the book?
Were the characters believable?
What was your favorite character and why?
When you finished reading do you feel still "stuck in the realm of the book"? How long does that feeling last?
How did you feel a out the ending? How did it leave you? Satisfied? Upset? Content? Happy? Wanting more? Wishing it didn't end?
Does this book every truly leave you? Do you think about it occasionally or a feeling from it?
When reading do you see yourself as the main character? Another character? Or like watching a movie?
What is the pov of the story?