When composing my story many considerations had been made about the use of language, forms and features, to create an engaging and meaningful story for my targeted audience. The purpose of the story is to elicit an emotional repose as a warning of loss and devastation that evolving new technology and war could bring towards people. The audience is targeted towards young adults due to strong conflict and ideas of war. However, the story also hopes for people to consider change to war, especially with the dangers of new developing technology which reflects the idea about the use of technology during the 1920’s, which Fitzgerald comments on throughout his book The Great Gatsby.
Through the initial planning of the story the concept was to expose the effects of war on people. I took inspiration through the people impacted by the Hiroshima bombings during WWII, which is represented by the bombing which turning the town into a desolate wasteland, by reading firsthand accounts of the bombings. This helped me create my initial concept, which focused of the long-lasting effects of war, like cancer, …show more content…
The adjustment to my concept allowed it to be easily understood by everyone including myself, which made it easier to write. The change also creates an opportunity to elicit an emotional response and connection to the audience. My change in concept also reflected closer to Gatsby’s perception of the past in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. In the book I saw Gatsby and Daisy’s love from the past something Gatsby wanted to strive for and to bring back his simpler loving past with Daisy instead of the loud and confusing world run by technology the new ideas brought in by the Jazz Age, even though his hopes were unattainable. It reflects the idea about the use of technology during the 1920’s, which Fitzgerald comments on throughout his book The Great