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The Time Violence And Its Effects On A Reader 's View On The Right Path

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An author can never be certain of how readers are going to interpret their writings. Especially with many different readers with different values and beliefs, interpretations tend to vary as well. This makes it difficult for authors to achieve their goal of pushing a certain point across. Many tactics and strategies are taken to give a certain representation to guide the reader on the right path. One of them is conveying violence into the texts, because violence results in a large reaction therefore it has a large impact. Since a large impact is associated with violence, it is a tactic that is often used by authors of protest literature. There are different ways in which violence can be shown, in order to voice protest in literature. Most of the time violence is a useful tactic in impacting a reader. However, there are also risks that are taken when applying violence into a novel, which makes it difficult. There is a criteria that a novel needs to meet to have violence in it. It does not fit well in some stories. Often times protest is associated with violence. From riots to strikes, violence is usually linked with the oppressed people as a form of retaliation. However in protest literature, it takes more of the form to show the struggle the oppressed are facing and represent suffering. A main goal is to inflict an emotional response for the reader. Works of protest literature that provide evidence of this is in Richard Wright’s story of Big Boy Leaving Home and in

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