Blog Post 17

Questions for the Interview:

Background:

Name:
Gender:
Nationality: 
Age:
College year:
Major:

Family:

How many people are in your family?
What family member or members are you particularly close to?
Can you describe your relationship with that person?
What family member aren't you really close to? 
Can you desribe your relationship with that person?
What type of family did you grow up in? 
Are showing your emotions encouraged?

Crying:

What do you think makes people cry? 
What makes you personally cry?

Have you cried because you see others cry, though you personally didn't feel sad?
If so, can you describe that experience?
Have you ever lost someone or something? (Pet, person, object that has meaning)
If so, can you describe that experience? 
  
Books/Movies that Made the reader cry:

Can you describe what movies have made you cry?
Can you describe some books that you have read that have made you cry? Tear up? Not crying physically but maybe on the inside?
Why did you read this book?
What is the pov of the story?
When reading do you see yourself as the main character? Another character? Or like watching a movie?
Do you connect to the narrator? What character do you connect to most?
Were the characters believable? If so what made them believable? If not, what could have helped to make them believable?
Who was your favorite character and why?
Did you cry reading the story? Describe it if you can please. 
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 think you might have reacted differently if it was a different character who died?
Did you believe the story? 
Were you emersed in the story? Brought into the story? Describe that experience.
How long did it take you to read the book?
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 think about a feeling from it?


Other Stories:

What are your favorite books? Can you describe them?
What types of books do you feel a connection to? Is there a reason you think that is? Describe it.
Are there any books that you feel "changed your life?" If so what books and in what way? Why do you think that is?
Are there any books that you think about occasionally or left an impression on you? What are they and why?

What book or books do you recommend people should read?