Being WrongedMain MenuAbout the AuthorsStudent BiosHobo Lobo of Hamelin by Raghav GoyalBy Raghav GoyalMissing by Sara LingFaçade By Dominique TomotoThe Brain Drawing the Bullet By Krisjon SpringBy Krisjon SpringWorks CitedBy Raghav, Krisjon, Dominique and SaraRaghav Goyal63a038b2bbb0b6852943583aec0fe0427545d847Krisjon Spring58b540a0c21895a1538b6837d2644f586212af70Sara Lingcbddef36b834bb74f63869f7785da7b9a3a37498Dominique Tomoto1c17c0b0b07fef4eae036fd324de519cc25aec0c
The Brain Drawing the Bullet
1media/Brain drwaing the bullet_thumb.JPG2019-11-14T11:24:05-08:00Krisjon Spring58b540a0c21895a1538b6837d2644f586212af70355671The Intro to The Brain Drawing the Bulletplain2019-11-14T11:24:05-08:00Krisjon Spring58b540a0c21895a1538b6837d2644f586212af70
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12019-11-14T12:04:16-08:00The Brain Drawing the Bullet4Introduction to the Storyplain2019-11-18T19:54:27-08:00 "The Brain Drawing the Bullet" is an interactive work of electronic literature by Alan Trotter. The narrative is a hypertext story that changes every time the reader interacts with it, to create the sense of an unreliable narrator and stand as an allegory for the process of memory. The story was created using JavaScript, a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) program.
The story is about writer William S. Burroughs psychological deterioration while recalling the murder of his wife through his revisions in a series of editorials he wrote. As the story progresses, Burroughs simultaneously adds and removes details from the previous iteration of editorials he had written, giving the reader an unreliable recollection of the murder. At the end of the story, Burroughs transitions his recollection of the murder from a trick gone wrong, to him being unnecessarily persecuted for a murder he didn't commit. The story can be accessed here: http://collection.eliterature.org/3/works/the-brain-drawing-the-bullet/index.html .
Readers interact with the work by first clicking the red arrow at the end of the title and continuing to click the arrow at the end of each new section of the story. It is up to the reader then to investigate the discrepancies in the details of the editorials that change with each addition to the editorial.
This work relates to the theme of characters being wronged by its transition of the narrator being the guilty party in the murder scheme to being a victim of society framing him for a murder he didn't commit.