Learning Paths » 5A Interacting
STREAM OF CONSCIUOSNESS
Molly's thoughts are conveyed trough stream of consciousness, so the text is written in a first person narrator.
The message of the story is conveyed by the succession of Molly's thoughts.
Since there is no syntax, the reader in order to understand the different messages should identify semantic choices. For example at line 7 the word "sun" gives association from the previous thought (atheists) to the following one. Thus the reader should be able to discover hidden connections.
The union of thoughts is provided by the semantic choices and leitmotiv, that is the word "yes".
Stream of consciousness creates the effect of displacement in the reader.
In order to give a sense to the text the reader must to work hard and discovers the connections between any thoughts.
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
The presence of the structure of the story helps the reader to find the significance, because any sequence has a particular function. This kind of structure helps the reader to rebuild the significance if the text.
Reading an interior monologue you needn't make conjectures because everything is written. There is an omniscient narrator that writes many details in order to create realism.
With the interior monologue we have the shift of the point of view. The reader reads the character's thoughts with the interference of the writer that makes the reading of someone's thoughts easier than in the stream of consciousness.