Analysis Of The Book ' My Kid 's Dog ' By Ron Hansen

Characters play a major role in ensuring that the novels can be read and comprehended. However, the success of a novel is dependent on the quality of characterization and whether they will attract the

Characterisation is a vivid description of a person's appearance and character. This is presented through their actions, speech or thought. The novel 'A New Kind of Dreaming' by Anthony Eaton uses characterisation to portray the issue of abuse of authority and power through the antagonist Sergeant Butcher. Sergeant Butcher is a powerful high ranked policeman in the isolated town Port Barren. The author urges us to question whether we would report the crimes with the repercussions that would follow, or to keep quiet.

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grew up privileged with wealth and always had a sense of security. The two siblings kept no contact growing up because of a dispute that occurred days before the death of their father. Macon is drawn to Pilate’s way of life even though he cannot admit it to himself. One night Macon decided to take a stroll past Pilates house, to his surprise he was drawn to the music and the liveliness that was protruding her house. If Pilate and Macon would have stayed together and been able to support each other maybe they would have been able to successfully fulfill their dreams. Even though wealth hand success Macon remains unhappy. As the novel goes on we learn Milkman’s true emotions when his father was telling him a story, “Deep down in that pocket where his heart hid, he felt used. Somehow everybody was using him for something or as something” Morrison 165. He concludes that this is Macon’s way of swaying him into finding the gold that’s been hidden. Milkman’s journey includes another difficult obstacle while trying to discover his hidden past he is befriended by his best friend who wants to murder him. Milkman turns up in Shalimar, Virginia, Pilates early childhood hometown, he learns that Guitar his best friend, left him a message and that message said, “Yeah. Said to tell you your day was sure coming or your day… something like that…your day is here” Morrison 262. This comes as a great disturbance for Milkman but it doesn’t not sway him from his original goal of finding

The main character takes the death of their family’s pet, Sparky, not as serious as most would. In the beginning of “My Kid’s Dog”, the man discusses his feelings about the dog, and what he thinks the dog feels, vice versa. Hansen writes, “I hated that dog. The feeling was mutual” (Hansen 521). First, Hansen allows his main character to state the feelings towards Sparky. Humor can be found in these couple of lines because the man expects the reader to believe that an innocent family dog hates his owner, which is an example of low comedy. Now, that the man thinks that the dog has the outs for him. He also thinks that his reasoning of the dog’s actions is believed to be a form of hatred towards him. Hansen states, “We got off on the wrong foot. Whining in his pen those first nights. My squirt…The so-called accidents in the house. His nose snuffling into my

Malcolm Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw “succeeds in its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head” (Gladwell xv). I believe this book is brilliant in that it describes issues and ideas in our subconscious mind and brings those to the surface. In each story in this novel, Gladwell integrates himself into different communities in order to show readers the world through someone else’s eyes. Therefore, causing readers to think again, think differently, and eventually take away broader lessons from these stories.

In order to capture a reader’s attention a character must have multiple layers that the reader finds relatable or intriguing. These layers and characteristics help the reader engage with the story through the character. Authors utilize many different techniques to develop a captivating character and in “Patient” Riederer uses hyperbole, dry humor, and self-deprecating humor to reveal the emotions of the narrator.

Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel “The Scarlet Letter”, the author Nathaneil Hawthorn’s depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. Hence, their different characters contribute vitally to the plot of the novel.

• What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

Characterization is how the characters in the text are viewed and developed as the text expands. For this, I will consider the character, Nyla (purple). Nyla is an innocent girl with dull eyes and voice. Her innocence is revealed as tells of her first time sex encounter and also in her lack of understanding of her mum and sister’s relationship. Her confession of sex to an older man is like that of a young misled child. She is ignorant of the world and its dangers. She just completed high school and is very excited, happy to lose her virginity to childhood sweetheart. Reality drowns on her when she finds out she is pregnant and needed to abort. Her innocence gives her away when she tries to

The use of characterization is a crucial part of the story. The first use of characterization

    The literary technique of characterization is often used to create and delineate a human character in a work of literature. When forming a character, writers can use many different methods of characterization. However, there is one method of characterization that speaks volumes about the character and requires no more than a single word - the character's personal name. In many cases, a personal name describes the character by associating him with a certain type of people or with a well known historical figure. Therefore, since the reader learns the character's name first, a personal name is a primary method of characterization; it

Roald Dahl is well known as a children's author that wrote whimsical stories and created amazing fictional worlds. Some people may never think about the fact that before writing many of his great pieces, Roald Dahl actually wrote many short stories that were influenced by his traumatic and intriguing childhood; most of these stories were not as child-friendly as one might imagine. One of the most prominent examples would be in his story “Beware of the Dog”. In this story, there is a man that is in the air force who is fighting in World War 2 and lost a leg in a plane crash, due to being shot down. In the short story, “He throttled back, pulled off his helmet, undid his straps, and pushed the stick hard over to the left. The Spitfire

Characterisation is a convention that presents the theme difference by using Christopher as a subject to communicate the theme to the readers. Mark Haddon arranges his novelʼs structure and layout to present difference to the audience. In the novel, Mark Haddon creates a story with a suspenseful feeling. The layout structure of the novel is arranged differently than other novels. In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time the climax, rising tension, falling tension and conclusion is jumbled together to form a different yet satisfyingly similar form of essay. If one has read the novel one will see that a climax is seen at the very start of the novel. This feature creates a certain tension to the readers. Upon reading a reader will notice another climax when Christopher decided to leave home. This is an unexpected twist of event which most people would find very suspenseful knowing that Christopher has autism. This goes way back to the stereotype that people with autism is ʻdifferentʼ. Even though that may be the case the story teaches its readers that this isnʼt true by showing how Christopher traveled kilometers to see his mother a lady he hasnʼt seen for a long time. During the start of the novel people will find it odd to find a suspenseful moment happening at the start of the novel that is the death of Wellington. From this

Characterization is an important component in short story writing. In the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" written by Roald Dahl, we are introduced to Mary Maloney, a pregnant housewife who recently found out that her husband is going to leave her. Mary develops into a very complex character as the events of the short story unfold. Mary is a typical housewife, waiting on her husband hand and foot. She loves him dearly, but as the short story unfolds, we see that he does not share the same feelings. Mary, unable to handle the rejection, lashes out and kills her husband. We then see Mary’s character transform before our eyes and the once loving, dutiful housewife becomes a very devious, manipulative and cold hearted character. She manages