Frank Norris, Bubblelines, and the Word Cloud

     Probably due to user error, I was unable to download Responsibilities of a Novelist on to my computer. To be able to produce something to share with everyone, I uploaded A Deal In the Wheat. The biggest issue I have run into is being able to control the random words that the Word Cloud generates. Last time I worked with the tool I was able to remove some of the more common words from my Cloud. Even though I tried the same method I used last time, I was not able to.

     Below is what I produced using Bubblelines. Since I have not read the story, targeting theme words was not possible. I looked into the literature's basic themes, added key words, and main characters. I think that this tool is great at highlighting themes, characters, or key elements, and where they appear and are focused on throughout the literature. 

     Here I separated the lines: Bubblelines (I think this way is easier to distinguish the words and where/when they appear.)

Here I did not: Bubblelines

    Since I was unable to remove the words I did not want from my Word Cloud, the results are not the greatest:

    However, the data can still be used. From what I gathered so far the Word Cloud generates the key words as the larger words.  Word Cloud

    I highlighted "Hardenberg", because that was one of the keywords I used on my Bubblelines and it appeared to be a keyword on my Word Cloud. Word Cloud Chart

    I understand that these can be used in as a visual tool in correlation with the novel or literature to display and highlight the main themes or word trends. What I am having trouble with is envisioning what these tools can be used for as far as measuring the data.