Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It By Maile Meloy

O’Brien uses word choice and informal diction to convey the feelings of monotony and tragedy to give the story authenticity.

Diction is an employed literary device in the development of Judd Mulvaney as a mature character through the use of sophisticated word selection. Oates’s word usage changes the tone and emotions in the passage, and shows the maturity of Judd. The character of Judd Mulvaney is at first using phrases such as “hypnotizing myself the way kids do”, “light gritty film of snow”, “darkest in the crevices”, and “leaning over the rotted rail gaping at the water hypnotized and scared”. Judd is generally seen to

2. The narrator, Ray Bradbury, says these words using beautiful imagery. This creates wonderful imagery because it explicitly shows us how Montag is trying to understand what the women are thinking by studying their facial expression, since he cannot find any other way of trying to understand them. He feels whatever the women say to him is meaningless.

Richard Wagamese’ expertise in the realm of story telling unlocks a dream world where he has the ability to accurately portray the protagonist’s emotions directly to the reader. Wagamese is able to flip in between current events and past stories to ultimately immerse the reader into a world of imagination. Additionally, he perfects the order in which these stories are being told. By doing so, it allows the reader to take pity upon the protagonists at hand in an utmost flawless succession. Lastly, through effective and clever story telling, Wagamese is able to engage the reader by placing them in both the shoes and minds of his protagonist. It is the profound ability of story telling Wagemse possesses that allows him to create intriguing protagonists who drive the plot of the novel through the stories told.

Nancy Farmer creates fascinating dialogue to introduce the mood and the characters. In the book the author uses a lot of dialogue to move the story along and introduce feelings to the reader. An example when Matt, the main character, and Matt’s friend, see a man lying on the ground and say to each other, “‘Can’t we-can’t we help him?’ faltered Matt.

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury tells a story about the utopian future where the government controls human identity. In that society there is no place for free thoughts. Those who read are outlawed and sometimes killed. On the first pages of the novel, Juan Jimenez wrote a striking quote:” If they give you ruled paper write the other way”, and that quote pretty much shows the author’s attitude toward public pressure, censorship and oppression. It unquestionably can be stated that without knowledge there is no freedom, books- are the only answer to the demise of the oppressor.

“He would have preferred Rabelais’s “Gargantua,” to the “Zadig” of Voltaire: and, upon the whole, practical jokes suited his taste far better than verbal ones.”

Toni Morrison's use of dialogue in the novel Song of Solomon allows for the reader to further understand the complicated nature of the characters.

When the dialogue appears in the story its style of avoiding what needs to be said is part of the repetition with Marie or the narrator changing the subject whenever the reality of Carol’s illness comes to light. When Marie starts to describe her new reality that acknowledges the illness such as talking about her new friend at the institution Marie tactfully manages to avoid the situation by changing the topic to their pre-illness reality by mentioning that “Mrs. Smith asked after you” (154). This is repeated again when a harsher reality of Carol not taking her medication comes to light. Instead of facing the reality that she is not getting better they instead change the subject by asking “‘What’s the girl like that is in the room with you?’” (155). In this instance, they want to preserve their new found reality again by avoiding what needs to be said or acknowledging that they do not fit into reality. Then again, when Carol mentions getting a cottage with her inheritance instead of coming to terms with her illness, they skip acknowledging the question by answering “that’s a good idea” (156). They refuse again to discuss that this is not a rational way to deal with her issues and instead give into her fantasy by not acknowledging its faults. Throughout these repetitive conversations, nothing of substance is ever talked about as that might disrupt their reality as they refuse to acknowledge or discuss what needs to be

Stephen King once said, Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.” By using great dialogue it helps develop descriptive thoughts and mood in the reader's mind and helps them envision what the author was visioning. In the story’s Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers and Canyons by Gary Paulsen use dialogue to develop the mood of the story.

A novel is only as great as its author’s efforts. The ability to tie everything together in the end of a novel without leaving any unsolved questions, or relying on the ex machina technique, is the goal in which all inspiring authors reach for. Novelist Edith Wharton once said, “At every stage in the progress of his tale the novelist must rely on what may be called the “illuminating incident” to reveal and emphasize the inner meaning of each situation. Illuminating incidents are the magic casements of fiction, its vistas on infinity.” This idea came from Wharton’s own work, The Writing of Fiction. In a different work of hers, a novel by the name of Ethan Frome, Wharton explores the concept of the illuminating incident very thoroughly. I have

The usage of informal language in the beginning of the story, produces transparent characters by exposing their flaws through their speech. Opening with the reckless announcement addressed by Mrs.Turpin, “I wish I could reduce”(3). in front of strangers had marked her hasty character. This early exposure of her flaw notes the tragedy of her character for being quick to speak, quick to conclude and quick to judge. As Mrs.Turpin begins to build judgment upon others from “Girl Scout Shoes” to “bedroom slippers” as she “expects”(5) Mrs.Turpin becomes a false believer, drowning within her own deceptive conclusion by gripping onto her theory of goodness being carried by people’s shoes. Ultimately,

Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” and Tess Gallagher’s “Rain Flooding your Campfire” are good examples of intertextual dialogue between two writers. These two stories show us how two writers can grow and develop short stories differently from the same experience. There are similarities between the stories, such as the use of a first person narrator, the plot, setting, and also there is an interchange between the narrator and the blind man in both stories. But within these similarities there are also differences; the narrators are two different people with two very different views on the situation, and although there is an interchange between the characters they are two different types with two different messages. Gallagher’s story is a

The author carefully crafts the story so that every detail contributes to a certain unique or single effect, whether it is as complex as irony or as simple as depiction of feelings. The Husband describes his absolute love for Ann as he reminisces about the years he spent with her and how deeply he "knows"

Some stories use odd and interesting ways to convey information or dialogue. A particular example of unusual wording would be The Tell-Tale Heart. The story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe uses a combination of dialogue, first person narrative, and an unusual form of dialogue to show the true madness that the narrator/main character lives through. The author uses dialogue to give every action description. The author also uses first person narrative to bring energy and excitement into the writing.