Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait”. These are three demands used commonly for writing fiction.
By following these demands, an author sparks interest in his/her work. “Make them wait” is a significant factor used by the author of the novels “The Catcher in the Rye & “Lord of the flies”. In this essay I will explain how making the reader wait created interest in these two novels. First example is the catcher in the rye, it is a story about a young man who gets kicked out of prep school and has nowhere to go, considering his parents would be outraged
“Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for its means that somewhere hope is alive” (Sturgeon). In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding and the movie, Castaway, directed by Robert Zemeckis, both stories involve a person(s) getting stranded on an island. In both the novel and the movie, a group of boys and an individual demonstrate that over time that fear and the will to survive is the only thing that is driving them to make the decisions they make. They will do things that display savagery and uncivilized behavior in order to beat nature. While some may argue that the urge to gain power is what leads one to make decisions and act upon it, it is clear that fear and the will to survive is what many people act upon
The bildungsroman ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D Salinger and the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams are both post-World War Two narratives which incorporate protagonists that challenge contemporary American attitudes. Blanche DuBois and Holden Caufield are quintessential examples of characters who subvert societal expectations, impositions and hegemony of America in the late 1940s and early 50s, the author and playwright have the plot revolve around these characters and their itinerant lifestyles as they literally and socially move from one milieu to another. Both Salinger and Williams use a plethora of literary devices such as symbolism, juxtaposition and imagery whether it is visual, auditory or olfactory to highlight
Critics view the books by Pullman and Ransom as examples of literary excellence. In order to evaluate this opinion it is necessary to discuss what aspects critics consider contribute to a good book and how these books illustrate them. The American Library Associate (ALA) uses the term ‘edubrow’ (Kidd, (2009) p158) to mean the middle ground of literature with an educational emphasis. This emphasis is at the centre of the criteria for a good book by increasing the experiences of the reader through varied language, dynamic themes, rounded characterisation with comprehensive plots. The critics favour works that involve the reader in a non-passive manner to gain insights into universal aspects of human existence like love, identity, revenge, sexuality and betrayal.
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” symbols convey the reoccurring theme that change is inevitable. In general, change is something that cannot be averted because it is imminent. Along with symbols, the characterization in The Catcher in the Rye and setting in “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” reveal this theme.
When placed on a deserted island, a group of strangers banded together to try to survive. They decided on a leader, problem-solved, fought off a beast, and formed their own society, even if it was somewhat flawed. This was the situation in the famous TV show, Lost. The Lord of the Flies and Lost are similar in these many different ways, with the exception that the show featured a tribe of adults instead of children. That just proves how difficult it is to maintain order in a society; even the adults struggled with keeping it peaceful and civilized. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding presents a broken society of savage boys fighting one another to suggest that man’s capacity for evil is brought out by the need for power and control.
From the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the youthful protagonist Holden Caufield, employs the word “phony” to describe the behavior of a number of characters including Mr. Spencer and Ossenburger, however it is not them who are“phony”, it is the young main character. First, Mr. Spencer, Holden’s ex- history teacher, is not described as phony, but according to the adolescent, his choice of words are. Secondly, according to our main character, Ossenburger is not the generous philanthropist he portrays himself to be, but rather a greedy undertaker. Lastly, the protagonist could quite possibly be the authentic phony. All in all, the main character’s use to describe many other characters in the book is with the single word phony, when in fact the word phony would be the most probable word to describe the lead character.
Many authors write lavish, entertaining stories with two purposes in mind. One purpose, clearly, is to entertain their readers and the other purpose is to convey a deeper meaning and inspire or educate their readers in an entertaining way. By doing this, the authors usually leave hidden messages or double meanings behind their literature. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez both depict stories of towns and how people act towards events as a society. Both authors use extensive themes and symbolism to show the effects of influence in societies and pressure from outside sources to achieve a goal.
Authors of any genre have been known to use language to influence actions, ideas or emotions to the reader. Throughout this essay the following authors; Joseph Stalin, Ernest Hemingway and Franklin D Roosevelt will use various language devices in their works of literature, to influence their audience to act, to think, and to feel emotion regarding their subject matter.
Reading a work of literature often makes a reader experience certain feelings. These feeling differ with the content of the work, and are usually needed to perceive the author's ideas in the work. For example, Samuel Beckett augments a reader's understanding of Waiting For Godot by conveying a mood, (one which the characters in the play experience), to the reader. Similarly, a dominant mood is thrust upon a reader in Beowulf. These moods which are conveyed aid the author in conveying ideas to a reader.
It is amazing that two completely different characters could not only be faced with an identical dilemma, but also both react in such comparable ways. The resemblance of the characters’ struggles because of alienation in the popular novels The Catcher in the Rye and Speak is astonishing. Alienation can be caused by many factors and result in many consequences. But it is interesting how the situations individuals face can be quite similar. Within Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and Anderson’s novel, Speak, both protagonists are alienated by those around them. As a result, they must endure the negative effects of this isolation and, ultimately it leads both these individuals to alienate themselves.
Throughout the novel The Catcher In The Rye written by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield talks about familiar and unfamiliar characters who both alter his life throughout his teenage journey. The two most influential people are Allie Caulfield and Phoebe Caulfield but their effects differentiate.
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In both novels, the main characters are isolated from any form of true civilisation. In Lord of the Flies, the boys find themselves on a desolate island which is devoid of any human life due to a plane crash, whereas in The Road the Man and Boy live in a bleak, destroyed America in which almost the entire population has been wiped out due to an unnamed natural disaster. Because of the lack of resources and essentials, it is inevitable that the main characters have to find means of surviving – in Lord of the Flies; this is mainly through hunting and building shelter and in The Road, the Man and the Boy trek along the barren landscape in search for any remaining food they can find.
Both novels are told as reflections by the main characters of their past. They both also show a distaste for injustice, growing up, the destruction of innocence, and alienation. Holden tells us this through his fantasy of being the catcher in the rye, while Scout portrays this through her evident distaste towards everyone’s desires for her to become more of a lady. Both Lee’s and Salinger’s main characters also significantly mature from the beginning of their respective books to the end, and are then able to see things not just from their own point of view. Both Scout and Holden are in the young adult stage of life, transitioning between childhood and adulthood, and seem to mature towards the end of their stories because of their siblings; Holden’s sister and Scout’s brother. Scout does so after she witnesses her brother get injured and saved by none other than Boo Radley, when she and Jem are walking home from a school event one night. Holden does so when he sees his sister Phoebe follow in his footsteps by wanting to run away from all her problems like he was so close to doing. In both situations, the characters reflect on what has led up to this incident
“In my estimation a good book first must contain little or no trace of the author unless the author himself is a character. That is, when I read the book I should not feel that someone is telling me the story but t...