Thomas King In 'The Back Of The Turtle'

Reflections on Thomas King in The Back of The Turtle
King’s Characterization of Gray and Sonny and the Tone of the Novel - Entry 1 “As he stood in the mirror, working the tie into a compact knot, he noticed a dark spot on his temple. It felt strange and somewhat numb. It was new. Or perhaps he hadn’t noticed it before. He had been able to avoid the signs of age, but now, here was a blemish, a distinct and unmistakeable mark of decay. No doubt there would be others.”
Thomas King works very hard to make Dorian a three dimensional character. Dorian is quite the ambiguous character. We know he is very rich and powerful, he is the CEO of Domidion. That doesn’t tell us whether Dorian is bad or Domidion is bad. Based on the first third of the novel, I think Dorian is being vilified. He is nothing like Thomas King himself. Though King’s literary success may make him wealthy, he does not have the power or wealth of Dorian Gray. Dorian is a self centered

As far as I can tell, Dorian Gray is the main character. However, Thomas King made great effort to assure the minor characters are still important characters. It’s much like a well balanced orchestra - the melody is the loudest and forefront, but the other parts of the piece are still played correctly and accurately, and blend well. In The Back of The Turtle, each chapter focuses on a specific character. Other characters are mentioned and may be present in the chapter, because, of course, what is a story without interaction? I have seen this writing technique used before, but it was not usually as well blended or paced. When I have seen this technique used, it’ll often be written from one character’s first person perspective one chapter and another character’s the next. When this is used, I find it confused and tend to forget about the other character’s perspectives when reading a