Dialogue and events help set the tone, reveal aspects of a character, or propel the action. When an author uses dialogue, it creates conversation between two or more characters. Conversation is often used in a story to display an argument, discussion, or friendly chat. Every story is made up of a series of events. Events are what happen in a story. Without events or dialogue, the story would not flow consistently. Dialogue is often used to develop characters and plots. In A Mother in Mannville, by Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, the reader can tell that the woman underestimates the boy at first, when she says “You? But you’re small.” Although the author does not state specifically that the woman is disdainful towards the boy and his wood-chopping …show more content…
skills, the reader can infer this through the dialogue. The reader can also automatically assume that the boy is confident in his wood-chopping sills when he replies, “Size don’t matter, chopping wood…Some of the big boys don’t chop good.” (Rawlings, Par. 7) When authors use dialogue in their story, the readers learn more about the characters, and the conversation helps move the story along. The events in a story create the story.
They keep the story moving and advance the plot. When the woman first met the boy, she didn’t think he could chop wood very well. “I visualized mangled and inadequate branches.” (Rawlings, Par. 8) There is an unexpected plot twist when the woman realizes the boy’s skill in chopping wood, and her point of view towards him changes. “I looked at him, actually, for the first time… I could picture him at four… and that same—independence? No the word that comes to me is integrity.” (Rawlings, Par. 20) If the woman and boy had never met, the woman would have never changed her attitude towards him. She looked at him in a new light. In the story, The Man Who Was a Horse, by Julius Lester, there is no dialogue, and the events in the story propel most of the action and introduce the characters. Lester starts by explaining how Bob has a special, unusual connection with horses. “Many people thought it odd that he could bring in a herd of mustangs by himself.” (Lester, Par. 1) This foreshadows that maybe Bob will have an opportunity to prove his skills. “One day several of the cowboys went out to capture a herd.” (Lester, Par. 2) Because of this event, it opens up an opportunity for Bob to prove that he can actually capture a herd single-handedly. The events in a story help to advance and propel the
action. A great story has lots of dialogue, and consists of events that keep the story flowing. The dialogue forms the characters and creates events to make the story. Without dialogue or events, there would be no story.
The first part of the story is generally telling the settings,background and basic events of the story. It starts with the narrator shocked by the news that his younger brother, Sonny,
One significant example was when Mary contemplated on her recent encounter and attempted to scrutinise the true identity of the anonymous man. “She lay down on the sofa, and wondered who was this stranger who seemed intent on invading her private world: a rapist, a robber, some insane person who preyed on lonely women in ways she could not begin to think of?” Moreover, uncompleted sentences and consequential statements recounting what has occurred stimulated the imagination and enabled readers to ponder about the consequences or associated feelings as an alternative to specifically expressing them and restricting the readers’ creativity or artistic visual representations. Nevertheless, foreshadowing also contributed to the inducement of suspense through the unrevealed information and gradual elucidation of clues.
serve to allow the reader to perceive not only the story presented in front of them but
Every detail within the story has some sort of meaning and is there for a
... also allows for deeper plot development with the characters back stories and ties two seemingly unrelated events into one flowing story removing the need to use in medias res. The shared point of view is extreamly important in connecting the story with the theme and allows for the reader to pick up on the foreshadowing and irony present throughout the story.
takes away from the mood of the story. Another reason speech is so important is
The dialogue a narrator uses with characters in a short story reflects on how the story is being understood by the reader. A character’s dialogue is assumed to be controlled by the author, and then the reader comprehends the dialogue through different points of view in which is told by a narrator. Which point of view the author uses can change how the reader may understand the story. Understanding a story is not just based off the ability to comprehend the plot, setting, characters, and theme. But importantly, understanding what point of view the narrator is in and whether the narrator has dialogue with characters within the story is important. The short story “Lusus Naturae”, written by Margaret Atwood, it’s a short story told by a first person narrator who is a main character in the story but has very minimum dialogue with the other characters. Another short story, “Sonny’s Blues”, written by James Baldwin, is
as a means of evolving the story but also places it at the centre of
the story, making it possible for a reader to really see in his or her
A successful descriptive narrative displays the necessary information for a reader to explain or develop speculations within the material. Narrating the text of a story, told through one or more narrators, allows the audience to connect with the feelings of the narrator. A description includes imagery for the audience’s recognition. Furthermore, descriptive narratives have a purpose and are there for a reason. “Shooting an Elephant” and “The Lottery” are both descriptive narratives. Descriptive narratives show a clearer understanding of the passage; therefore, the stronger text is “Shooting an Elephant” because of its detail and the plot’s conflict.
...hen you reach the end the boy has taken a turn and instantly matures in the last sentence. Something like that doesn’t just happen in a matter of seconds. Therefore the readers gets the sense that the narrator is the boy all grown up. He is recollecting his epiphany within the story allowing the readers to realize themselves that the aspiration to live and dream continues throughout the rest of ones life. The narrator remembers this story as a transformation from innocence to knowledge. Imagination and reality clearly become two different things to the narrator; an awareness that everyone goes though at some point in their life. It may not be as dramatic as this story but it gradually happens and the innocence is no longer present.
Dialogue gives the audience a clear view of what is happening in the story, but the
How could a character’s life actually be influenced in a story? At the beginning of the story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, Miss Emily’s father has just died, making it hard for her to actually accept it until she meets Homer, a man from the north. She begins a relationship with Homer even though the whole community reader does not actually approve of it. Finally, at the end of the story, the reader finds out that Homer is dead and leaving the reader to believe that Miss Emily murdered him. In William Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily,” he reveals just how much every event in the character’s life influences them through the use of theme, conflict, and character.
Particular events in novels can tell us about a person’s character. For example, in the book The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, at the beginning of the book, Tom got in trouble and his punishment was that he needed to whitewash his aunt’s fence. Tom tricked his friends into whitewashing the fence for him. This showed right off, that Tom doesn’t like to work and would rather be like any other little boy, and runoff to play. Another event from Tom Sawyer, backing up the impression that you received earlier, at the beginning of the book, would be when Tom and Huckleberry Finn snuck off. They floated down the river on a raft. This proved that Tom would much rather go off on and adventures and be with his friends. Looking back at these two experiences,
When using all of these literary devices, it helps create a flow within the story. This helps it because it makes the work easier to read and understand.