So I read the story entries and the two the looked fairly similar were the stories by Raymand Queneau and Derek Pell. One talked about Transformations (Queneau) and the other talked about The Revolver. The first one I looked at was by Queneau. He explains how one paragraph or writing can be turned into something else but using the same information provided for you. Used examples of Notation, Double Entry, Precision, Narrative, Passive, Haiku which is used in
Japan, and Zoological. Couple of examples that I liked were Precision, and Zoological. Precision used precise numbers for distances and time. For example, he talked about the bus of the S-line which measures 10 meters long, 3 meter wide, and 6 meters high. This formation also talks about how many people fit in the bus, what time the bus was loaded, and the weight of some individuals on the bus. This is pretty much being precise about something if you want to go into deep detail which not a lot of stories do. I like detail but it depends on what im reading. If I was reading a car magazine I would like to know detailed information about the engine how it performs. Then there is Zoological. This turns the individual into an animal and looks at the other individuals from an animal’s point of view. Keep in mind that all the other individuals are animals. One example that Queneau used is how he was talking about how he was in a bird cage and it was feeding time, he noticed a young puppy with a neck like a giraffe and then expressed his visual looks (like the toad, ugly and venomous). In other formations of text, like the Notation, it’s talked about the individual wearing a hat and mentioning the long neck but not in a zoological form or precision of the length of the neck.

 

Then there was The Revolver by Derek Pell which he had something similar about a gun being held by an individual and asking the question of where that individual purchased the weapon from. Although, his story gives you 8 different transformations of the same text but using different ideas. An example of would be in his first writing, he talked about committing a violation of a law carrying a weapon consisting of a metal tube in which projectile is discharged by an explosion. Then he asked about the location of the purchase and the other individual said that it was from a city in north
Texas with the population of 277,000 people. Then I look at writing number 3 which talks about the same idea but different wording. For example, he claimed carrying a THING by means of which something is done… something can be done by having a gun. The he talks about resistance of an attack and how a shot if fired with an explosive force. When it comes to the location of the purchase, he mansions a concentration of houses and buildings larger than a village but smaller than a city. In his first writing, he said that he purchased it in a city north of
Texas. In his 3^rd writing, he said that he purchased it from a location smaller than a city but bigger than a village then talks a bout how that place is established a business and or military organization. The idea is pretty much taking a small or large piece of writing and by using the same information provided; you can change the idea of that individual, the item or items, and the location. Different views were I think the idea of both stories was the goal.