The Lust for PowerThe novel Guards! Guards! written by Terry Pratchett underscores the quest for power in the city of Ankh-Morpork. Human beings yearn for power, as it is the nature of mankind; a fundamentally human drive which knows no exceptions. Throughout Guards! Guards! the lust for power is the driving force of tyranny, even those who fight against tyranny have a desire for power — with one crucial difference: they desire to rule only themselves, not others. Individuals with an elevated need
fantasy based Discworld novel “Guards! Guards!” is written by Terry Pratchett. It is an interesting novel which describes the story of an old city called “Ankh Morpork”. The title of the novel “Guards! Guards!” makes more sense when it is compared to the people of night watch. It means people of night watch need to guard the city Ankh-Morpork to prevent it from danger situation. I like the way how the characters are brought up in focus by showing their gradual growth. “Guards! Guards!” have fun characters
Sir Terry Pratchett is a British writer, who writes comical novels with fantasy elements. He mostly writes books intended for adults and older teens, but he also wrote a few children's books, such as 'The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents'. His longest and best work is the Discworld series with 40 published novels as of October 2013. These novels are all great; there isn't one I didn't love. The stories are connected to each other; characters of different storylines may appear in each other's
This chapter will deal with aspects of the book object of this thesis that are much more difficult to analyse and single out than linguistic aspects (which will be nontheless discussed in the following chapter), as they deal mostly with referential humour; meaning that they use language to convey meaning as a source of humour rather than the specific language used to express it. The aspect here discussed are those related to the modality of storytelling, the structure of the novel through with humour