Mystery Genre Analysis

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What is mystery? Mystery is like a puzzle. Just like a puzzle, an intriguing mystery causes the audience to attempt to put together all the pieces of the story. Eventually, piece by piece the puzzle (mystery) starts coming together, till the last piece is intact. Once the last piece falls into place, the puzzle or mystery becomes clear, and the problem is solved. Mystery is everywhere in our lives and plays a big role in our society. There are many different platforms in which mystery is displayed. These places include: news, books, movies, graphic novels, etc. This shows how relevant and important the genre of mystery is in today’s culture. Out society is very intrigued by puzzles and twists that cause us to think; Because of this, mystery …show more content…

This creates a lot of opportunity for the creators and authors of mystery to manipulate the story. This allows other genres to be added into a mystery story such as crimes and detective. These there genre of mystery, crime, and detective seamlessly blend in with each other making the mystery genre even more impressive. The concepts being so similar are the reason why we are able to have other genre blend in with the mystery genre. The all involve a problem or situation that needs to be solved by usually the main character. They all end up trying to find answers and fit together the pieces, which all just ties back to the mystery …show more content…

The type of mystery and extent of the story may differ depending on the age of the audience. A younger audience would most likely have a milder problem to solve like some sort of theft and involve little to no violence along with an easier to grasp puzzle to solve. Usually older or more mature audiences will have more violence, death, and a bigger puzzle or mystery to solve and uncover. To be a reader of the mystery genre, readers must be patient and try to figure out the puzzle, along with possibly some problem-solving skills may be helpful. They need to be aware of foreshadowing along with red herrings that may occur. People want to figure out will happen next, they usually like the challenge of being able to figure out who did it or solve the mystery before it’s revealed. Reading a mystery novel is not best suited for someone who does not have the time to really sit down and think. Mysteries are best suited for someone who had time to get invested into the story to the point of not being able to put the book

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