While annotating, this abridgment seemed more to document the how the people worked together and the culture of prosperity (secular history). There are constant foreshadows of the prosperity of the people throughout, and this chapter is a prime example. If I were to annotate this again, I would start to focus on the structure of the text and how self-consistency and headers play a role in this particular section.
Marcus, you do a great job of explaining your methods here. I think that thematic analysis is very important to the overall understanding of a text. I think that another thing you could look for are things that seem to fit into a specific literary theory. Is there anything Marxist in the text? What about political structures?
ReplyDeleteIt is neat that you were able to notice the foreshadowing that takes place here. The cohesiveness of The Book of Mormon is something that is never really discussed, but the constant themes, foreshadowing, and family heritage show that it is a lot more complete than expected.
ReplyDeleteI like that you tackled Mormon's abridgment, who leaves his marks all over the Book of Mormon. Mormon ends up responsible for guiding the reader just as much as Hardy is in the reader's edition. Interesting to see what exactly he wanted to leave with the readers out of the countless things he could have included.
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