The novel ‘April Fools’ by Richie Tankersley Cusick and the novel ‘The Chain Letter’ by Christopher Pike are very similar in terms of storyline, characters and the theme of revenge. However, they have few contrasting features such as; how they incorporate revenge in their stories.
Novels offer the reader a more detailed description of character’s backstories, but also how they are handling conflicts through the emotion in their writing. Authors incorporate different ideas of a variety of themes to ensure their writing is different to their competitors.
Revenge is the action of harming someone in return for an injury suffered at their hands. The theme of revenge is a huge concept used in both novels. It can be used universally to create tension
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A car swerved off the road in front of them so they stopped to help him and it burst into flames. Someone watched them from on top of the hill, they saw them fail to help the driver and leave without calling an ambulance.
In ‘The Chain Letter’ a similar accident happens that starts the craving of revenge. Alison and her friends are heading home after a concert, miles out of town. They had been drinking and decided to drive home to be back by curfew. Two of the boys talked about an experience they went through when sneaking into their coach’s house, they had overheard an affair between their coach and one of the girls they were travelling with. While the girl told them to stop playing it the car spun out of control and had hit someone. Out of fear they buried the body with their bare hands, showing how guilty they felt.
When author’s write books that have a plot twist ending, readers are often trying to pick up the pieces or clues that the author had smartly left behind for them to discover. Some of the clues are more obvious than other in these types of books. When a book involves a strong theme such as revenge, readers are too caught up reading the book than to look at the clue they have been given through a character’s mannerisms or