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The Road To Winter, By Mark Smith

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The Road To Winter, By Mark Smith. Mark Smith's book The Road to Winter explores significant topics such as friendship and new love, survival instincts, sacrifice, betrayal, determination, and grit to demonstrate how they overcame the trials and problems they faced. Mark Smith investigates the principles of characterization, narrative structure, and symbolism through three important themes. Author Mark Smith has used characterisation to explain how Flinn takes enormous responsibility when caring for Rose after he finds out she is pregnant. The book states that when he first finds out she is pregnant, she is "she's pregnant". "At the very least, it clarifies her story." Chapter 6, pg77. This demonstrates how the character generates meaning in his reactions; he does …show more content…

Ray, who initially threatens Flinn with a gun, ultimately sacrifices himself for Flinn, Kas, and Willow, as seen in the quote "it's you three they want, he says 'they won't take the baby and rose is.'" This demonstrates Ray's growth and character development in terms of how people can become more compassionate and caring over time. In the book Road to Winter, Mark Smith uses narrative structure through the scene of finding Rose. This is a main turning point since without Rose the book wouldn’t exist. “’ You’ve got to help me,” she says ‘Wilders there coming. They’re tracking me.’” (chapter 1, Pg.14). This turning point shows the relationship between friends, with one boy making a difference in saving her life. The theme of turning points through the narrative structure. Rose's death once tragically dies in childbirth, which leads to saving Kas, Flinn, and Willow. Why did the baby go with Ramage? This is the climax of the book since it’s the main point, this shows how much trouble Kas and Flinn went through losing a friend and sister, if this hadn’t happened, they wouldn’t have lived due to Ramage being busy kissing his dead girlfriend. Author Mark Smith has used the

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