“The Wicked and the Just” by Jillian Anderson Coats, a novel filled with historical hardships, and bitter realities, all glued together with an unique manipulative twist. Despite the tragic story being told by the book, it was all spiced up with the author’s extraordinary way of structuring the plot. Dual narrative, also known as “split” narrative is the technique that Coats decided to use, because there are some specific purposes of why he chose to do so. After the beginning chapter, we are led to a special section in the book where words are printed in Italic. It’s seems like a new chapter in the book, but somehow the narrative voice changes to a whole different tone, not bratty anymore, but seems little hateful. It mights be confusing for a reader who first time experience book written in “split” narrative voice, but it’s also a strangely vibrant experience. The purpose of Coats “split” …show more content…
narrative is to showed, and emphasized the way how two characters can tell their story on one's perspective about the same event. Since both have come from different backgrounds, it also providing readers with remarkable details. As a student, or one whom bored of casual single narrative voice, this will also helps you dive more into the book, and keep on turning the pages. Coats’s choices of viewpoint used in the book, such as dual narratives is very impressive and appropriate, since both characters have completely unalike backgrounds, status and personalities. Cecily, a bratty girl who stole Gwenny’s dream as being the house’s lady, but still always complaining about every little thing in her “perfect life” at the Wales, where Englishmen are the king, and the Welsh are the miserable peasants. They’re so different in many ways but still, they’re all young girls who have faces their own problems and fate. You certainly can’t blame anyone for behaving in a certain way they are, because they all have theirs individual past stories that contribute in create the way how they act. As for Cecily, she acts like the queen because she was raised in the pamper with her powerful father, but for Gwenny, despite all the pains she had to went through, and being pushed down from where she’s standing, it’s understandable for her to express all the attitudes in front of Cecily. The use of two perspectives in “The Wicked and the Just” shows how the same story can be tell in each character’s separate viewpoints under their own circumstances, in two original personality, with one as a protagonist and an antagonist. However, one of Coats’s purpose of using dual narratives shows hidden components that you can’t discover only by reading from one point of view. By using the dual narrative technique, it helps for readers to view the story in two distinct viewpoints, so they can understand more about how each character feels and thinks toward the main events, but at the same time provide us with a lot of details. Cecily’s parts generally is, consider to me as more personal and intimate, also make it able for us to get a glimpse of her inner thoughts and feelings. Gwenny’s narrative parts tend be more impartial, and also tell us about the stories and events that the main character such as Cecily doesn’t know about herself. The author picked split narrative in this novel to allow us to see “the lies” that one character told. For example, without Gwenny’s parts we won’t know how Wales was before, what’s the reason behind the revolt against the Englishmen, and the life of Welsh after Englishmen came along. It’s important for readers to apprehend how the characters feel about the conflict in order to interpret the theme and message that the author trying to send. As a reader, the way how Coats organize his way of telling the story helps me a lot in understand, and also entertain at the same time.
It excited readers because dual narrative is rarely used in books, so it might be more interesting to read. The authors use two perspectives in their works because they want to attract and keep the books thrilling for the audience. Unsurprisingly of what they did, since we always want to look forward to see how the other character react differently to the identical situations. We are also seized to find out the connection between them, whether they're against each other or not. Since we have two different accounts going on, each account will have a specific point of view, so it’s up to us to choose which one you prefer, and not being bias about a problem. Not to mention, tones and viewpoints changing between Cecily’s section and Gwenny’s attracted and heated the tensions, but still shows the similarities and differences between the two girls. This is an outstanding strategy Coats chose because it did keep the story gripping and
enticing. “The Wicked and the Just” leaves with memories of a sad and bloody ending, but top with a sparkle of sensational way of writing the author used. The main purpose of dual narrative in this novel is to highlight how two stories, told by two point of views, from two different characters, who have their own past, personalities and experiences. Also, by divide up the viewpoints, it gives readers more informations about the plot, and enable us to look at it in two angles.The decision of how the narration work make the novel outbreak the indifferent, and added little bit of spices creating the final product appear very addicting to readers. Not just exhilarating, but it contribute to increases the scene of conflict between two main individuals for the audience. In the end, Anderson Coats did a marvelous job on pulling off the uneasy dual narrative technique in writing his novel. It's captured us into every single pages, make us keep wanting to read more, and especially give us the ability to truly observate the story in two viewpoints. It's must have been a tough job working on the difficulties in order to succeed the technique, but Coats can now check off his list because he has accomplished the main purposes of “split” narrative in “The Wicked and the Just”.
The point of view of the story is third person limited. The reader only knows what Carolee knows, and is only finding
Split is an award-winning, realistic fiction book written by Swati Avasthi. The book has a total number of 280 pages, and it could be found in our school library. The story focuses mainly on two brothers, Jace and Christian Witherspoon. After years of suffering from abuse from his father, Jace eventually runs away from home like his older brother did before. Finding himself, bruised and tattered, at Christian’s doorsteps, Christian decides to take him in because he is family. Along with new identities and new friends, the story centers on the two brothers settling in to a better life while trying to figure a way to rescue someone that has been unable to escape from the wrath of their enemy for years: their mother. However, they are left with a devastating answer. This report will focus on one of the primary protagonists, Jace Witherspoon, a significant event, and the overall theme that the author is trying to convey.
In “Ardor/Awe/Atrocity” Walter Abish employs an unusual method of restoration as he dismantles original linear order in the narrative. Abish uses fragmentation to challenge the order and frame that other several story plots consist of. Several other stories have a defined frame because “narrative form implicitly speaks of the narrative of the nature of reality and how we experience it (1). Abish imposes unconventional systems to give structure to the chaos that he creates. Abish displays his own version of a frame by displaying each chapter in an alphabetical sequence yet is still fragmented. He also provided sequential superscripts within each chapter name that causes artificial order and “calls attention to certain words-and the nature of words themselves” (2). Abish uses facts that lead to a synthetic analysis that creates an ordering principle that works but does not connect to anything outside the narrative. These three systems help Abish provide his own artificial order and frame to the action.
Divided Minds was an intriguing story plot, endowing readers to divulge into the mindset of twin sisters, Pamela and Carolyn Spiro, and their daily struggles within Mental Health. Co-authors and staring twin sister, Pamela and Carolyn fabricated their personal diaries into a lifelong audience, disclosing personal issues, feelings, and emotions throughout their lifetime. However one predominant issues within the mental health field revolved around the symptoms and diagnosis of Schizophrenia, where Pamela expressed her vacillating struggles with multiple symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and grossly disorganized behavior, to her economic and social predicaments.
Having each story been written in a third-person narrative form, the reader knows the innermost feelings of the protagonists and watches the main characters change. The reader learns what Brown feels as he thinks to himself, “What a wretch I am to leave her on such an errand!” In “Where Are You Going,” the narrator supplies much of Connie’s feelings, such as in the first paragraph, “she knew she was pretty and that was everything.” However, in Young Goodman Brown, “point of view swings subtly between the narrator and the title character. As a result, readers are privy to Goodman Brown’s deepest, darkest thoughts, while also sharing an objective view of his behavior” (Themes and Construction: Young 2). Point of view of “Young Goodman Brown” contrasts with that of “Where Are You Going” because “This narrative voice stays closely aligned to Connie’s point of view” (Themes and Construction: Where 2). Despite the subtle contrast, both points of view allow the reader to see the changes in Brown and Connie; Brown loses his faith and Connie loses herself. Point of view also affects how the reader sees other chara...
Everyday we observe people’s contrasting opinions. Whether it be in politics, school, or in one’s personal life, emotions are often a major factor when it comes to expressing one’s ideas. In writing, an audience must be aware this, and decide for themselves if an author is being bias or equally representing all sides to a situation. In both Into the Wild and In Cold Blood, the authors form distinct opinions about their main characters and believe family structure heavily influenced their future.
Riis demonstrates a variety of his writing skills and techniques throughout How the Other Half Lives. With his word choice, imagery, dialogue, and sentence structure, Riis made his own unique style as he told his accounts as he explored the other half of the New York people. Riis demonstrates and shows his audience that a writer can make simple changes to their text to change the impact of what he or she is talking about and continue to always have their readers’
...the introduction of the English forces introduces another level of patriarchy. It is clear that patriarchy is a dominant theme in both texts, and it beautifies the flow of each story in a unique approach. Despite all the similarities and differences between characters, the success and failures comes down solely to the audience viewing it.
This style of point of view adds a new feeling while reading the novel. The reader will be looking through the eyes of someone shadowing Jennifer Government and seeing it in one style, but then on the next page, the reader will see what's happening through the eyes of someone shadowing Billy NRA. Even though the narrator may change, the story will progress. You can compare the technique to a basketball game. One moment, the person is in the audience watching the game. The next moment the person is a player on the bench. Then the person becomes a player on the court taking shots. After that, the person changes into a referee calling the game. At the end, the person becomes the coach and calls the shots of the game.
...hetypes of these primary characters, both of these novels make a parallel statement on feminism. The expectations of both themselves and society greatly determine the way that these women function in their families and in other relationships. Looking at the time periods in which these novels were written and take place, it is clear that these gender roles greatly influence whether a female character displays independence or dependence. From a contemporary viewpoint, readers can see how these women either fit or push the boundaries of these expected gender roles.
The reader is put in the middle of a war of nerves and will between two men, one of which we have grown up to learn to hate. This only makes us even more emotional about the topic at hand. For a history book, it was surprisingly understandable and hard to put down. It enlightened me to the complex problems that existed in the most memorable three months this century.
Both books are told in the first person; both narrators are young girls, living in destitute neighborhoods, who witness the harsh realities of life for those who are poor, abused, and hopeless, although the narrators themselves manage to survive their tough environments with their wits and strength intact. Books are more than simple literary exercises, written merely to amuse or delight their audiences. Both authors attempt to provoke their readers to think about the social issues their novels present.... ... middle of paper ...
Having Christopher narrating the book in first person is important because it is easier for the reader to understand his written account of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Sheers dog (Wellington); A step by step investigation is projected and shown to the reader when narrated in first person.
A fundamental element of any story is the perspective of the narrator. It guides the point of view from which readers perceive and understand a story and greatly affects how a story is presented. As such, the perspective is crucial in determining how engaging a story is. First person narration, a narrative perspective in which the story is told first hand, has proven highly effective in making a story more compelling to read. Recently, it has become very popular in young adult fiction, as it can allow, when well-executed, for the reader to be better immersed in the story, increased suspense, and insightful reflection on the significance of events taking place. In Claire Battershill’s Circus short story Two Man Luge, first person narration is
Breaking down point of view in stories can be helpful in determining the central idea, as the two concepts typically support one another. An author such as O’Connor has the ability when writing narrative to use whichever point of view they feel best portrays the story they are telling in the way they would like readers to understand it. By including and excluding certain bits of information, the author can present the story the way they choose, with the option to leave as many or as few subtle or obvious details within the narration as they would like to reveal to