In relation to our upcoming project 3, discussing narratives and to an extent, fairytales will help allow us to characterise our interviewee.  I have created a hypothesis in my head that I want to establish my interviewee (Cormack) as a young professional.  I want to describe him as an ambitious young man who has been striving towards this creative career since his young childhood– which is true, but how I portray this may not be regarded as narrative.  This interview is not  a direct reflection of his life, just like narratives are not a straightforward examples of reality.  However, I don’t think there is an irreversible moment in Cormack’s life.  I don’t believe life is like a narrative.  We can make new decisions to change our life paths.  Our life is in our control (to an extent).  We can’t say whether we will “live happily ever after” or if we will end up alone in a mental hospital but we can decide to change jobs or career paths.  A interview of such a young life which is unfinished cannot meet the structure of a narrative– it is incomplete.  This may not be a narrative, but it is a story.  A story which involves meaningful action.  It has ideas which is pushing the action– Cormack has something to say and what he has to say proves the idea.  

I wouldn’t say that Cormack’s story necessarily has conflict, but it does have contrast.  He pursued his career because he wanted to attend concerts for free.  But he has changed from this young boy trying to sneak freely into his idols’ concerts into a man who is passionate about capturing the moment produced on stage.  The once in a life time moments.  He has grown and changed from a humorous, irresponsible boy into a serious, career driven man.