Author O’Brian also confuses the reader by writing his novel as if everything that was told took place in the real world. For example, just by saying “this is true” (64) doesn’t always make it true. O’Brian leaves it up to the reader to distinct what they see the story as: reality or fiction. It is said that “a true war story… makes the stomach believe” (74). Author and character O’Brian tell the story in such a way to make it believable that the two different people are really the same person.
It just seems to unethical to me even though I can see how they would be useful. This novel made me think about many aspects of human life. Not only did I ponder how we as a people treat each other and people that are different than us, but I pondered our future and how realistic this novel’s plot can be. I am incredibly glad that I decided to read this book again because I missed out on so much the first time I read
By calling into question the truth of his stories, he disorients readers who are expecting to read a standard fiction, where the events are undoubtably false. He also shows readers why reinventing a story may be more important than telling the story just as it is remembered. Norman Bowker disapproves of O’Brien’s first attempt to describe a horrific battle, and, therefore, O’Brien feels the need to rewrite the story. Essentially, O’Brien must remember the event in a new way that makes the story more real for Bowker and other readers. Finally, O’Brien explains to readers why stories must be told, even with the risk telling the story the “wrong” way.
The Lottery Plot- The conflict in this story is a simple one, do you follow traditions laid before you even if you know them to be wrong. The story is told in a forthcoming manner which creates foreshadowing to the death of Tessie, and how it will happen. While reading, the beginning of the story you simply overlook many foreshadowing items because you don’t really think twice about it. Your point of view on the story and your attention to detail do not come into the story until you’ve read the story a second time because in all honesty you are kind of shocked at what you just read. The climax in the story is when Tessie begs for her life and no one says anything to stand up for her, instead they all go grab a rock to stone her to death.
Faber’s Knowledge Books are something everyone takes advantage of, nobody knows how important they are until they’re gone. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag goes to Faber to seek advice about the books. He finds out Faber’s beliefs in book’s purpose, quality, and the leisure of people. Faber also believes that fear of the truth in books drove people away, and now without the books there is only chaos. When Faber told Montag what the purpose of books were, he spoke, “Books are a receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget,” so without them everything would slowly be forgotten (83).
Taylor wanted to project a fabulous tale of suspense and a little romance. All he really accomplished was a tale of confusion. From switching characters every couple of pages to not knowing the actual place or time frame of the story, Taylor needs more elaboration on his setting. He switches characters so often that it takes away from the heart of the story. It does not help progress the story at all.
It is quite important to notice, that in the first paragraph in the chapter there is a word ‘unreal’ which gives us a clue about what this chapter will be about. This way of beginning the chapter, makes us think about what is really real and what is a fantasy in this book. It gets us to wonder what we should and shouldn’t believe. Other chapters in fact build all this up, since in most of them Gatsby is lying about who he really is and where he is coming from. He creates a fantasy of himself and what he would love to be just to impress Daisy, he does the same for her.
Altogether, Guy Montag’s change in heart towards books is a blessing. He realizes that his society lacked a hunger for knowledge and wants to do something about it. The true theme in the novel, “Too much mindless entertainment,” proves it is necessary for any society to have the knowledge of the past, which is recorded in books. It can prevent man from making the same mistakes as in the
Generally it’s acceptable to lie to protect yourself but at the same time many take advantage of that. As you live you learn when and when not to lie. In Mark Twain’s novel, Huckleberry Finn he uses the character of Huck to examine the complexity of lies versus truth. There are several scenes throughout the book where Huck and Jim encounter sticky situations where they question telling the truth or to continue lying. After meeting Mary Jane and discovering that she is a genuine person Huck decides that
Yes O’Brian exaggerated on things and yes he left out some big points, but it was all to get his point across and through everything he wrote, the main truthful point remained there. He concluded his book by saying “in stories the dead live.” This shows that in books who’s to say what you can’t put down and who’s to say what didn’t happen. It is a story, not a trial, and sometimes a little exaggeration provides the feeling and present moment the reader or listener needs to understand the actual