Comparing Catcher In The Rye And Lord Of The Flies

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“Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.” These are three demands for the writing of fiction. By following these demands, an author sparks interest in his/her work. “Make them wait” is a signifigant in creating the interest in the novels The Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies. This essay will explain how making the reader wait creates interest in the two novels stated earlier. First, The Catcher in the Rye is a story about a young man who gets kicked out of Prep school and has no where to go, considering his parents would get very angry.

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