Diamond Jacobs 

Prof. Silvia 

Eng 410 

March 5, 2023

Introduction

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”(Brandon Sanderson,) There are many objectives of a book the most significant part is how a story unfolds . What is the plot , who are the characters , what questions are being raised and other elements that contribute to it’s purpose. More specifically the conet and materiality of a book informs the author’s storytelling. “Materiality of literature refers to book design, printing formats and typography.”(Thomas Bremer) and content is everything included in an author’s work this can be composed in any shap or form . Materiality and content share a unique relationship it is without question if one is more significant than the other. They both allow readers and writers to embrace a story and perceive to their own opinions . S. novel by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams and the story Ship of Theseus is a multifaceted piece .Which is a prime example of how materiality and content both inform storytelling and the relationship between both must be closely analyzed to gain understanding of a novel as a whole.  The Ship of Theseus takes on the unusual shape of a common book with its many material objects such as postcards , letters etc. This is a story within a story the content of the novel takes readers on an ambiguous journey. The inner text of S. and the outer text of Jen and Eric storytelling affects the reader’s ability to pinpoint whos’ severs as the novels purpose as a whole.  In this paper I will be discussing and analyzing many things . Such as how the lack of sequence and consistency of the inner story of S. and the outer story within the marginal notes lacks sequence. Also how the theme of mystery stays within the content to the very end. I will visit the augment of if Straka is a reliable storyteller and if Eric and Jen theorizing throughout this book is filling in the blanks and contributing to the story which makes them authors as well.