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Friday, 5 October 2012

The Authors style of writing

This Authors writing, when 3rd person is very complex and detailed. The authors sentences are very lengthy and detailed and often describe emotions meaning the author is also omniscient. When the story is told from a 1st person perspective however it is very simple and casual because Ishmael is very care free usually when he talks with his friends. The novel is written in a problem and solution format letting in allot of high action scenes. Ishmael is often captured or giving a tough situation and he has to solve it. An example would be when he finds himself lone in the middle of the forest at the brink of starvation and he finds this mysterious fruit he has never seen before.(Beah 51) He has to figure out if he'd rather starve or risk getting poisoned. The solution is he eats the fruit and it turns out to be safe to eat. The author made the choice to have such a complex style of writing to make the book more intense by using descriptive imagery. If the author  said "he saw someone die so he was sad" it wouldn't be as intense as if he said "As Ishmael watched the Innocent man die he felt a piece of his heart separate from the rest of his body as if he himself felt the same pain". the authors choice to writ the story in this style made me actually feel as if i was a part of the struggle Ishmael was going through which made this book allot more interesting for me because I couldn't wait to see what would happen to Ishmael  next.

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  3. Ishmael Beah's writing style sounds very intriguing. I'm very interested in reading this book or another by him.

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  4. Wow it sounds like the author did a good job of catching the reader's attention!

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  5. This sounds like a really good book to be reading

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  6. Is the writing style Expository or Narrative

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