Invisible Narratives

Group 1

Throughout the course of the class in this semester, we have being looking at different topics that would actually link to one another. We started by actually analyzing what literacy really means, after that we moved to the concept of metaphors. And we kept moving to other readings that lead us to the concept of Invisible Narratives and that is what I want to talk about as one of the aspects I have being discover in class.

I have learned about invisible narratives in the concept of silences. Which to me they are about the same thing, however I have learned about them in a more broad way, meaning the common invisible narratives that we heard about and we know they are there but we don’t do much about them.

Indeed, I have actually learned a lot more about invisible narratives in English 214 class. To start with, it is amazing to me to know that we can find invisible narratives in the readings we do daily. It impressed me to know that I being reading articles for most of my existing life, since I started reading and I wasn’t able to identify the invisible narratives in them. I have learned that Invisible Narratives can be find in kids books, news papers, articles, blogs, TV shows, posters, even in a simple name of a store. They have always being there, the fact of me not realizing that makes me think of how blind I am and how blind society as a whole is.

Also, I have learned that invisible narratives are sometimes even created or supported by other unintentionally, meaning it’s not a person’s fault to say something that would support the invisible narrative. Some people grow up following their families’ beliefs and culture, this means they act and say and do what their family taught them to do but that doesn’t mean it’s their intention to do so.

I have also learned that with invisible narratives, famous writers, actors and people in media they do and say according to what is being told them to do or say or else they won’t get pay well enough or they won’t attract society with what is often call usual for them.

In addition to all invisible narratives, are found almost everywhere and with anyone around us. People of the same culture and beliefs even put out in practice invisible narratives unintentionally and some do intentionally but those are other stories. Kids and teenagers practice invisible narratives without noticing. Everyone does in society we all try to fit in and follow the same path as others even when we know that there is something wrong with it.