Anna Walker Analysis

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Bill’s day is brought to life through Anna Walker 's choice of words. The first three pages of Mr Huff indicates to the reader that Bill is having a bad day. Walker highlights this by showing the reader Bill’s morning. Walker writes, “He couldn’t find his favourite socks” and Bill says “oh no” (Walker, 2015). Tunnel explains that quality writing shows what is happening in the story through the use of sensory detail (Tunnel, 2008). Walker achieves this by writing “He spilt the milk, and his cereal was soggy” Bill says, “stupid boy” (Walker, 2008). Showing rather than telling allows the reader to make their own personal discoveries and conclusions (Tunnel, 2008). If Walker were to tell what was happening in the story by generalising, we would know what to expect of Bill’s day but we would not know why he was having a bad day (Tunnel, 2008). Understanding why Bill’s day started badly allows the reader to experience a believable and engaging story; any one 's day can start like Bill’s.
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Walker writes in a way that presents only the necessary facts and feelings to tell the story clearly. Tunnel (2008) explain that this allows the reader to participate in the experiences rather than being led through them. An example of understatement can be seen on page ten and eleven, Bill does not want to talk about the cloud following him, it makes him feel sad but “when he did try, no words came out” (Walker, 2015). Walker is briefly showing how Bill feels without explanatory comment (Tunnel, 2008). This gives the reader the opportunity to consider and experience why he did not want to talk about it and why no words came out when he tried. This particular understatement may help children understand and explore feelings of

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