Summary Of Patrick Ness's Novel 'The Monster Calls'

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Time and time again, writers have used the ideas of monsters to express specific themes throughout the stories. May it be good versus evil or overcoming all odds. Subsequently, Patrick Ness tries to play with the ideas of monsters, but not in the way that one may seem. In his book, “The Monster Calls” Patrick Ness uses the monster as a symbolic metaphor to convey that humans are not perfect beings, always contradicting themselves based on ethical fallacies. Humans need to realize the wrongdoings they commit based upon justifying their own moral rights, atone for them, and move on. This is shown throughout the book by the monster’s representation as a Father type figure, (his own entity) to teach the main character, Conor how to deal with his emotions and move forward in life.
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He wanted the show Conor that the convoluted thoughts of a person can interfere with ones life, only when accepting the facts of why those thoughts were can a person move on with life. The monster teaches Conor his indirect message by telling him stories of which all add to form an ideology of contradiction of thoughts. Also the Monster gets through to his message by his constant repercussions in Conors journey. However those repercussions turn to predictable actions in which the monster to tries and tell Conor to except his thoughts by telling the truth about how they came to be and move forward in life By doing so the monster can be a symbolized as a father/teacher in the book. Unlike in most other books the monster is always represented as a horrible figure. Patrick ness as the modern writer he is tried to help indicate a new purpose to an infamous archetype. Maybe some day as time goes by, a new purpose will come to

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