Dialogue In Invisible

Many readers just read dialogue and think of it as a conversation between characters, which it is, but do readers think about how dialogue can set the tone or mood in the conversation and liven it up. Inner dialogue and outer dialogue are two main types of dialogue. Both types of dialogue are presented in the novel, Invisible. Inner dialogue is presented because Doug speaks to himself to others, and he shows his personality. Outer dialogue is shown simply through conversations between the characters, but the outer dialogue does not show any personalities, unlike inner dialogue. In the book, Invisible, Pete Hautman, the author, utilizes dialogue that assists the reader to come to the realization that Andy was never there which reveals a key part to the plot, and it reveals Doug’s dishonest personality. To begin, Doug has to meet with his psychologist every week. After an intense

Doug was over in his crush’s neighborhood spying on his crush from a tree. Melissa Haverman, his crush, was in her bedroom when he was spying on her and all of the sudden, her dad sees someone in the tree. He starts screaming for the person to come down, and Doug books it. Anyways, later on that night, the policeman came over and this was clear that Doug’s dad was mad. On page 75 onto page 76, Pete Hautman writes, “‘Well what?’ ‘I understand you were visiting Woodland Trails this evening.’ I shake my head…. ‘You’re sure you weren’t in Woodland Trails?’ ‘I’ve been in bed,’ I say, ‘I don’t even know what you’re talking about.’” It seems like he gets away with lying very easily and is not truthful. To sum up, dialogue helps me get a better understanding of how easily Doug lies and it also helps me get the tone of what Doug, his dad, the policeman, and Melissa’s dad were trying to