Week 12 Prompt

 THE READER’S ADVISORY MATRIX: Educated by Tara Westover

1. Where is the book on the narrative continuum?

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  Highly narrative (reads like fiction)

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  A mix (combines highly narrative moments with periods of fact-based prose)

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  Highly fact-based (has few or no narrative moments)

2. What is the subject of the book?

The book is about Tara Westover’s life and experiences with a religious survivalist family and experiencing education and other experiences for the first time. 

3. What type of book is it?

A biography in narrative form

4. Articulate appeal

What is the pacing of the book? The story's pace is fast but informative. 

Describe the characters of the book. 

Tara Westover is the main character who grew up in Idaho and initially had little experience of the world outside her family’s property. 

How does the story feel? Dramatic, Inspiring, and Hectic

What is the intent of the author? The author intends to talk about her life and experiences on how she gained an education in both school and in life as it truly is. Not what her father told her it was. 

What is the focus of the story? The life of the author and her experiences and troubles while growing up.

Does the language matter? Yes

Is the setting important and well-described? The setting is important because it provides a sense of past and present for the author and the pull each has on her. The setting is very well described. 

Are there details and, if so, of what? There are a lot of details in both the feeling and description of the settings. 

Are there sufficient charts and other graphic materials? Are they useful and clear? No

Does the book stress moments of learning, understanding, or experience? Yes to all. The book focuses on the author's learning, understanding, and experience of the world as she knows it to be and how she is learning how it truly is. 

5. Why would a reader enjoy this book (rank appeal)?

1. Experiences of the author  2. Narrative  3. Tone