At Any One Moment

At any genius moment uses mise en scene to give center to the story and and allow the indorser to have a clear image of the events in their mind. The story was written in 2005 so the stage setting it was written in was after the Boxing twenty-four hour period Tsunami of 2004. Through the indorsers understanding and experience of this event the author is able to build images in the readers mind and allow them to fully understand the gravity of the situation occurring. Had the story been written in a time where a Tsunami had not occurred for more years it would be a lot harder to imagine and rank into perspective the enormity of the tragedy occurring in the story.Judy Allen builds on this idea through the specific language and metaphors apply to set the scene and further build on the context. It rose up like a mountain, either hiding or engulfing the distant boats. Through using real locations in the text the reader seat see and believe the story. The readers context is als o used to build dramatic tension. As the water is drawn out before the Tsunami approaches the reader is mostly likely aware of what is occurring due to their context compared to Sherif, his fellow and the villagers who were obliviouxs to the disaster roughly to occur. His brother started to laugh- it was all so extraordinary, a trick played by the ocean. This situation creates dramatic irony and positions the reader to want to warn the characters in the story to originate out of the water. Judy Allen builds and plays on the readers context which is most likely that of a busy Western life. Many pot in society are always busy and never take time to think about other people. Even so, most people are aware only of their own small world, and many believe their own small world, and many believe their own small world is all in that respect is.Through the structure and the omniscient point of view the author positions the reader to imagine all the things happening in the world right no w and how every action has a consequence. Allen then takes the reader down to unmatchable specific event which could be happening right now. This structure is especially effect because of Western conjunctions desensitised view of disaster. The reader relates to a personal story much more than figures on the news. Allens use of emotive language and smilies also creates an environment for the reader to personally react to the story. He stared as the vast sweep of water was pulled back like a huge bed cover.This imagery allows the reader to put themselves in the story and use their own personal context to make meaning to At Any One Moment. Through my own personal context I am able to react to the story and feel sympathy for the characters in it. Although I was not personally abnormal by the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 I stick out still appreciate the pain that Sherif goes through. This prose fiction cipher put the world into perspective for me and caused me to feel grateful for th e things I have in my life. It made me spend a penny how fragile life can be, how people can be alive one minute and short the next.Through all the tragedy in our wold I had become partially immune to the horrors in our world until I read this personal story. I have a strong sense of family and this caused me to react strongly to Sherif losing his brother and probably his mother. I cannot imagine losing one of my family members and it pained me to see that a whole life can be lost in a matter of seconds you just have to be in the molest place at the wrong time. Whether it is man-made tragedy or natural disaster we never have sex what life is going to throw at us and often we cannot stop it. At any one moment on this small planet . Through the use of structure, point of view and context Allen encourages the reader feel small and insignificant. By allowing us to imagine all the events and people in the world the reader is positioned to feel as though they are helpless to the world around them and can do nobody to stop it. Through this realisation Allen then inspires us to come unitedly as a worldwide community that can make a difference, we are insignificant on our own but together we are much more powerful.