In conclusion, Christopher likes being by himself. Haddon makes us look through Christopher’s eyes in the book. We learn a lot about ourselves because of this. I realized that everyone is different and has a different point of view on everything. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time it says “‘Special needs!
Just this quote alone describes how twisted his mind was. The imagery used drew me in because it described how calm he was yet right on the edge of crazy. It makes you wonder how the killer can be so sensitive one moment and then so violent then next. The author used a lot of descriptive words throughout the book especially when the victims dead bodies were described how they were found. Things get carried away during the robbery when he realizes there is no money in the house.
He had been pure in his reporting straying very few times from the stories of those who crossed Chris. The book therefore has remained very neutral. But when he shifts at fourteen it still holds its same honesty as his story allows himself and the reader to better relate to Chris and his story. The shift was made, telling how his own story was similar to Chris’s story. He makes this shift so that the reader, instead, of alienating Chris accepts him and sees how his story may have unfolded had he planned a little better.
Progressing through the novel, the length of hypothesis’ given lengthens to account for an increased amount of background that the reader has accumulated, taking more factors into consideration. The active knowledge of the narrator’s game is proposed as “although this plethora of information may seem valuable, it will lead the reader only further into his own Lake of the Woods, a place where facts are useless and conjecture supplies only open-ended answers” (Radelich 572). Suggests that the more that is believed to be known, the more the reader is thrown into a spiral of information that is not particularly useful in the determination of guilt of John Wade. In the whirlwind of information where information flows as the narrator allows and possible explanations are forged, the ability of the narrator to sway the audience is optimized. Observed most clearly in the evidence sections, the narrator speaks directly to the audience about the evidence and what is to be made of it.
The author Jon Krakauer and other investigators truly did a great job connecting the plot to make a time line of Christopher’s trip. Jon information is therefore based on witnesses and facts rather than being based on the complete truth, which nobody knows nor will know. Jon uses important facts such as how Christopher did a lot of insane things to be basically erased from the map: “He changed his name, gave the entire balance of twenty-four-thousand-dollar savings account to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet”. (Krakauer. 1995). This facts not only helps Jon construct a Theme, but they will also help him construct this personality of Christopher that will eventually engage the
In addition to the suspense, Margaret Peterson Haddix brings wonderful and descriptive figurative language that readers are completely capable to understand. Haddix uses a variety of similes, flashback, hyperboles, analogies and many other types of figurative language. Instantly, on the first page Haddix uses a metaphor, "The word stuck in Luke's brain. " This is something that readers can understand, not only because it is a commonly used phrase, but also if readers are not able to understand the metaphor - they can easily make observations and inferences with the surrounding words. For example, "Oh, don't look like that," Mr. Talbot had said, pretending to be jolly.
In the process of Sarah Koenig’s journey to the truth, the audience is moved along with Sarah Koenig, to uncover the events and obstacles taken on Adnan’s physical journey. Sarah Koenig recreates the events of Adnan’s physical journey on the day of the murder and conveys it to the audience. Adnan claims his innocence which then triggers the thought, ‘Is it possible?’ Sarah Koenig quotes Adnan, “… It is virtually impossible if you consider the following facts…” The effect of the re-enactment helps the viewer understand the physical distance that the State alleges Adnan undertook.
The structure and genre of the prose fiction are subverted almost immediately, allowing Haddon to propose the sight of a different world. In the opening chapter the genre of murder mystery is made clear through truncated sentences designed to create tension, "It was 7 minutes after midnight". However, when it is revealed that the murder victim is a Mrs. Shears' dog, the
In sum, these rhetorical devices built suspense in the discovery of Christopher’s mother being alive. They helped exemplify his feelings and his actions. Also, they add on more effect as the reader continues the story to figure out what would happen
Capote takes the reader on an in-depth journey throughout the complex pasts of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith which allows the reader to truly understand how the murder was influenced by the lives that the two had led prior to that point. Many people, when presented with the idea that a man has murdered somebody, instinctively perceive him as a horrible, vicious person, which, yes, can be true. Capote wants to challenge this immediate assumption. Rather than giving the murderers a two-dimensional life and backstory, he challenges people's perceptions by giving them life stories that ignite pity, fear, sadness and anger. These emotions allow the reader to understand the true idea behind their actions, rather than instinctively thinking that there is no valid justification for murder.
The key information later revealed in the story raises many other questions for the reader to answer for themselves, which tempts the reader to analyze and better understand the story in order to produce their own answer to the
He portrays this by giving us a murder trial of a young boy to look at and think about. Each of the jurors doubted eachother with how they feel about this case and how they think they should proceed at the end of this case. Some might say that juror three ws being too rough to the boy but some might say that juror eight wasn’t harsh enough for the boy's consequences. Juror three was full of doubt.
By letting the reader decide the ultimate answer of the mystery, he leaves the decision to agree or disagree with everything he speaks for at their
In chapter two of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg play the role of a sort of conscience that looks over the characters in the book. When Nick is first describing the billboard, he says, “But above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg” (23). The first thing that stands out to Nick on this desolate horizon is Eckleburg’s billboard, and how it is watching the surroundings always. No matter what changes occur before it, it stays the same; always watching. This is much like a conscience in the fact that it is noticed, but not always addressed or heeded.
All characters are accused and redeemed of guilt but the murderer is still elusive. Much to the shock of the readers of detective fiction of that time, it turns out that the murderer is the Watson figure, and the narrator, the one person on whose first-person account the reader 's’ entire access to all events depends -- Dr. Sheppard. In a novel that reiterates the significance of confession to unearth the truth, Christie throws the veracity of all confessions contained therein in danger by depicting how easily the readers can be taken in by
