Like you, I love to read, especially when the author writes in a style that is interesting and descriptive. Although I have never read a book by Colleen Hoover, I genuinely enjoy reading your post about her novel, It Ends with Us. The quote you chose is an excellent example of descriptive writing. Hoover gives the character life through her description; I can almost see him right in front of me, head in hands and breathing arduously. Her audience certainly becomes enthralled in her books because of her incredible writing capabilities. Not only does she give the reader tremendous detail, she does so in a way that is engaging for the reader; she paints a picture in her reader's mind. Are there other books by this author that you would suggest
This book was brilliant. There were moments that made me laugh, moments that made me tremble in my chair, moments that made me cry, moments that melted my heart, and moments that made me want to rip my hair out at the roots. This book has it all, and it delivers it through a cold but much needed message.
I really admire the phrases author used to describe the feelings , emotions , visions and thoughts of that woman .
The story “A View of the Woods” was written by Flannery O Connor’s. It looks to me the old man (Mr. Fortune) owned a large amount of land. The old man lives with his daughter, her husband (Pitts) and his seven grandchildren. The old man only cares about one of the seven grandchildren (Mary Fortune). Furthermore, the little girl was an image of him at birth. She was his favorite grandchild so he wanted to name her after his deceased mother (Mary Fortune). The old man believes the little girl (Mary Fortune) was the prettiest youngster he had ever seen. The Old man lets the others know the little girl will inherit his estate when he passes away. Although, the old man believes they are all stupid except the youngest one (Mary Fortune). However, the old man allows his daughter and her family to live on his land and farm it, but the old man wants to control all aspects of it.
In “A Rose for Emily”, Charles Faulkner used a series of flashbacks and foreshadowing to tell Miss Emily’s story. Miss Emily is an interesting character, to say the least. In such a short story of her life, as told from the prospective of a townsperson, who had been nearly eighty as Miss Emily had been, in order to tell the story from their own perspective. Faulkner set up the story in Mississippi, in a world he knew of in his own lifetime. Inspired by a southern outlook that had been touched by the Civil War memory, the touch of what we would now look at as racism, gives the southern aroma of the period. It sets up Miss Emily’s southern belle status and social standing she had been born into, loner or not.
*All in all I would say that this novel is definitely a good read. I found my self at times relating my own thoughts and experiences to that of the characters in the book. This is the very reason I would recommend that you give your class next semester the option of reading either this book or another. From my point of view, I think that most men can not relate to certain situations that occur, which lessens the overall significance of her writing.
Adversity affects the lives of many individuals. Through facing adversity people tend to show their true selves. In the novel “Speak” by Laurie Halse-Anderson, the main character Melinda, faces a few different types of adversity. One form of adversity that she faces is that she was sexually assaulted. Another type of adversity that Melinda goes through in this novel is that she loses all her friends and starts to lose her family as well. Throughout my life, I have faced many different types of adversity, one major thing that I have dealt with in my life is depression. Those who face adversity in their life can choose if they want to face it or to ignore it, and the outcome will prove what they chose to do.
Patterson built his empire by finding a successful method and using it consistently. Each of his books is written in his signature style – short chapters, minimally descriptive text, and suspenseful endings – and Patterson relies on designated readers to critique his works-in-progress to ensure that optimal books are produced. As a result, readers trust that Patterson’s books will meet their expectations.
One might ask Bethany Hagen, what her inspiration was behind such a unique novel her first response took her back to her childhood. Hagen grew up reading Jane Auste...
Her writing style is also a nice blend of storytelling and factual narrative, so it is both informative and emotionally
In “Queens, 1963”, the speaker narrates to her audience her observations that she has collected from living in her neighborhood located in Queens, New York in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The narrator is a thirteen-year-old female immigrant who moved from the Dominican Republic to America with her family. As she reflects on her past year of living in America, she reveals a superb understanding of the reasons why the people in her neighborhood act the way they do towards other neighbors. In “Queens, 1963” by Julia Alvarez, the poet utilizes diction, figurative language, and irony to effectively display to the readers that segregation is a strong part of the American melting pot.
Many times when reading a novel, the reader connects with one of the characters and begins to sympathize with them. This could be because the reader understands what the character is going through or because we get to see things from the character’s perspective and their emotions and that in return allows a bond to form for the reader. The character that is the most intriguing for me and the one I found comparing to every book that I read during school was Stacey from the book “Ravensong” Lee Maracle. The character Stacey goes through a lot of internal battle with herself and it’s on her path to discovery that she begins to understand herself and what she’s capable of. Throughout the novel, Stacey has a few issues she tries to work through. This is emphasized through her village and in her school that is located across the bridge in white town. Stacey begins dealing with the loss of Nora, and elder in her town. And this in return begins the chain of events that Stacey begins on the path of self-discovery not only on herself but everyone around her. She begins to see things differently and clearly. Stacey is a very complex and confused character, and she begins to work through these complexities through her thoughts, statements and actions.
In the history of written literature, it is difficult not to notice the authors who expand their reader's style and manner of reading. Some write in an unusual syntax which forces the reader to utilize new methods of looking at a language; others employ lengthy allusions which oblige the reader to study the same works the author drew from in order to more fully comprehend the text. Some authors use ingenious and complicated plots which warrant several readings to be understood. But few authors have used all these and still more devices to demand more of the reader. James Joyce, writer of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, uses extraordinarily inventive and intricate plot construction, creative and often thought-provoking word constructions, allusions to works both celebrated and recondite, and complex issues and theories when challenging his readers to expand their method of reading.
In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda is entering high school completely alone. She has no friends and she has no one to turn to, even the people she doesn’t know hate her. All of this is happening to Melinda because she called the cops at an end of summer party and no one even bothered to ask her why. Something terrible happened that night at the party and memories of the event terrify and haunt her. There’s something about that night that she tries to forget, something she tries to not remember. Throughout the book you see ways Melinda is coping with her trauma. In the process of it all her nightmare, Andy Evans, comes and attacks her again, but this time Melinda isn’t so quiet about it. By the end of the book, Melinda uncovers her secret that has been trapped in her thoughts. Anderson develops a theme that if something traumatic
Readers become focused with the intensity and strength of the writer. Margaret Atwood pulls the reader in by bring her art and words to visual life. She makes you think about what she is saying and it then becomes a picture. Pictures lurk your mind as you read the award winning books such as, “The Blind Assassin,” a Booker Prize winner in the year 2000. Her books are bought and read all around the world. Her work has been published in more than thirty-five different languages including; Japanese, Turkish, Finish, Korean, Iceland, and Estonian. (Atwood, “Negotiating With The Dead”) She is an amazing person and shows her strength threw her work. Atwood is an award winner of stories and poems’ like, “Morning After in the Burning House,” and “Murder in The Dark” (Atwood, “Negotiating with the Dead”) She was born to write, and a writer she became.
In Wuthering Heights, the author—Emily Bronte—takes the readers to the Wuthering Heights mansion where they soon meet Heathcliff. It is in this story the reader is able to connect with Heathcliff and be pulled along with him through the events that he faces along the way. This is, again, because of Bronte’s use of descriptive wording when it comes to the main character and the land that surrounds him—the moors. The wording is so descriptive that one may feel like they are watching a reel of scenes before their eyes. Being able to be a part of and connect to the story and the main character, Heathcliff is something that happens easily when authors describe events and characters well enough—just as Bronte does in Wuthering