The Running Man Analysis

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The usage of scene in The Running Man by Stephen King and When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz are the truly fascinating aspects of each story, respectively. Each of these authors are do a superb job of creating scenes with their writing that the readers are able to get attached to and not want to put down until they are finished reading. The creativity that is portrayed by the authors in each of these books in regards to scene usage plays a monumental part in the success of the books because of the vivid imagery and detail that is utilized. While the stories themselves our intriguing, the books would not be nearly as fascinating if the scene usage were lacking. The description of the scenes in these two stories and that way that they …show more content…

At one point in The Running Man, Ben Richards awakens on the floor of a small house with four other individuals, including a crying baby. The disturbing scene that King is able to portray in this scene greatly outweighs the overall story. It is an extremely simple scene, with only two men sitting in a room discussing their views on the current societal state and the issues that they have with it, but the way in which it is portrayed is what brings it to life. The conversation between Ben Richards and Bradley regarding Bradley not being able to afford the proper nose filter for his baby sister that has cancer is difficult to read due to the amount of emotion that it pulls out of the reader. The reader begins to truly understand the grim world that these characters are living in. at this point. Natalie Diaz is able to do a similar job with her book, as …show more content…

While this is still extremely vital, if the author fails to create a lasting scene throughout the story that the reader will remember, the book is a failure. These books are able to get past the false precept that the plot of the story is the most vital part, when in reality all of the parts of creating a story work together in order to create the final product. However, while a book will fail if it does not have memorable scenes and imagery, it is more possible for a book to do well if it meets these aspects but lacks an intriguing plot. Plots and storylines get recycled at an immense rate in today’s society, but the images and scenes used to make those plots successful are the aspects that deserve more credit than they are typically

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