Literary Elements In Running On Empty By Don Aker

Running on empty
Essay (Rough Draft)

Will Ethan’s car crash to his dad’s new mustang turn into nothing or will it spiral down hill and leave him with nothing? See how everything happens through three main literary elements and how the author uses them to show the reader a life lesson in the book.

Running on empty by Don Aker, is a big life lesson for main character Ethan. Don Aker tries to present how cutting corners and making bad decisions destroys relationships and doesn't let you get to where you want quicker this is shown through conflicts, the story's mood, and through the story’s characters.

First in Running on empty Don Aker displays that cutting corners and making bad decisions doesn’t turn out well through the conflicts in the

Hard work goes a long way and Ethan wasn’t willing to do it so instead he got frustrated and tried to cut corners which didn’t work so I think if Ethan just would have kept plugging away as being a table servant because he was actually starting to do really well with it before he saw Link.

As Well as the conflicts in the book the mood also demonstrates how making bad decisions doesn’t turn out well.

The mood in this book reflects the mood of a teenager this helps the reader understand the main character Ethan Palmer.

Ethan is the definition of a teenager and this characterization is known for making bad decisions so whenever he makes a decision in the book the reader can predict that something's going to go wrong like when he agrees to rob a bank or when he smashed his dad’s car in the first place.

The mood in the book makes the reader want Ethan Palmer to make bad decisions.

The mood in this book is humorous so when Ethan makes bad decisions like seeing Link, because it’s obvious that he shouldn’t do it and he does makes the reader want him to mess up so the book becomes more interesting and he does just that this is also why it’s such a good book because he makes these decisions and it leads to all sorts of things good and