tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post3435851911432117720..comments2024-03-09T15:57:58.218+11:00Comments on Justified Lunacy: They're more than just stereotypesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01677563505368503476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-9220466260205720642010-05-26T21:34:41.704+10:002010-05-26T21:34:41.704+10:00Sometimes, you do meet those steriotypes in real l...Sometimes, you do meet those steriotypes in real life, and when that happens you are always surprised to find they so steriotypical.<br />I guess they happen because it is so much easier to go with the steriotypes than to turn them on their head.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-69045604044704348952010-05-16T02:12:23.248+10:002010-05-16T02:12:23.248+10:00Stereotypes are shorthand to represent a certain t...Stereotypes are shorthand to represent a certain type of person. You can use them - carefully - to set up a character very quickly, but just as quickly give them quirks to interest the reader. I like to set up a stereotype, then turn it on its head.Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-2009600401175476172010-05-15T13:23:38.827+10:002010-05-15T13:23:38.827+10:00I agree with what everyone else is saying. Althoug...I agree with what everyone else is saying. Although, I always find myself drawn to characters that break the mold but honestly so. Sometimes it's obvious that the writer is trying to create a "different" character.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915603693944523761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-42307638219316476122010-05-15T09:44:38.512+10:002010-05-15T09:44:38.512+10:00Hmm I gotta agree with Elana. Stereotypes exist be...Hmm I gotta agree with Elana. Stereotypes exist because they are easily recognizable. Like Roland says though, they can reflect a lazy author. I like it when a stereotype is turned on it's head.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615258719942916382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-30249768970740428612010-05-15T09:37:30.659+10:002010-05-15T09:37:30.659+10:00This is really great post.
post free classified a...This is really great post.<br /><a href="http://www.adpress.in" rel="nofollow"> post free classified ads </a>kanishkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651620533023202224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-50357426797461837442010-05-15T01:15:37.724+10:002010-05-15T01:15:37.724+10:00I remember watching Breakfast Club in a psychology...I remember watching Breakfast Club in a psychology class, and we had to tell what character we identify with the most. That was hard! I don't fit any of the standard stereotypes. I don't think our characters should either. They have to have some unique characteristics to be interesting, I agree.Annie McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008412049738658869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-1455823381712210372010-05-14T17:27:17.652+10:002010-05-14T17:27:17.652+10:00I think sterotypes exist in books because they req...I think sterotypes exist in books because they require little thinking in the author -- but they detract from the sense of reality any novel needs. RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-73638401919821504292010-05-14T08:26:35.235+10:002010-05-14T08:26:35.235+10:00I think stereotypes exist because of recurring beh...I think stereotypes exist because of recurring behaviors. The same kind of kids I went to school with went to school with my mom and my grandmother and my great-grandmother, etc. You just kind of fall into the pattern.<br /><br />I think we can write stereotypes but what really makes them human is giving them that twist in their personalities, like you suggested.<br /><br />Interesting post. "The Breakfast Club" is my favorite movie so I'm quite thrilled with the picture. Hehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248193231958936629.post-33798620583701849002010-05-14T01:40:33.113+10:002010-05-14T01:40:33.113+10:00Hmmm... I'm not sure. I think stereotypes exis...Hmmm... I'm not sure. I think stereotypes exist, especially in books, because they're something we can relate to. We all knew the jock, or the mean cheerleader or whatever. We can transfer the character in the book to the person we knew in real life.<br /><br />Does that make it right/fair/whatever? Probably not.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.com