Analysis Of Pelly

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The majority of the novel was written from the perspective of Pelly, the protagonist. Some of it being in monologue where she is telling the reader what was happening. Others however, are more internal, as they are her own thoughts to herself. Then lastly it shifts once more when Pelly is recalling the past. This then puts the reader in her shoes as if they are are reliving the events with her. Overall giving the book lots of informal diction, with spurts of more formal diction when she was thinking about what her therapist would say and hearing her voice in her head as if she was actually saying it. One interesting passage is when she is recalling the day Tara was kidnapped; reveals the whole truth and all her secrets to David. By doing so …show more content…

Pelly is telling David her darkest secrets of things she wishes to forget, and sets herself up to revive all the past pain, and grief. The mood of this is primary that of guilt and also anger. The way the sentences are presented also show Pellys emotions and projects them upon the reader. Towards the beginning of the passage there are lots of short and detached sentences. This showing her discomfort about speaking about to, and her reluctance to do so as well. Yet she continues to tell David regardless her internal struggles and anxiety on doing it. Then when her anxiety is peaking more and rising the author chose to use more complex sentences, which gave them more rushed feels. This also giving the reader a way to feel her worries as their own. In David’s response to Pellys confession he uses more aggressive and colorful language. His description of kidnappers being ‘creeper assholes’ helps shift the emotion towards that of anger. His anger not only being due to the kidnapping itself but primarily at the fact that the man who did it is causing Pelly, who he is quite fond of, blame herself for the loss of her best friends. Then when Pelly gets to the point of telling David how she hadn’t seen the mans face, the way the sentences are formed exude a variety of emotions. The main emotions being anger, guilt and frustration. Her anger being directed primary at herself but also at the kidnapper, this leading to her frustration of being so naive at the time, which then proceeds to so the foundation for the guilt she feel. The sentences seemed almost clipped as the author could of combined a few of them into more complex sentences, but didn’t to maintain his desired

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