Friday, October 7, 2016
The Big Sleep Chpt 1-6
A lot has taken place already in the first 34 pages. A quick unexpected surprise which the main character should be used to considering his profession. The incident I'm referring to would be apart of what takes place in the life of the main character; only the main character thought he was given a job/mission that belonged or could've been done by another. Also there is a unique style on wordplay and when being descriptive. Examples here show how Chandler likes to use metaphors, analogies and similes in this portion; "The General spoke again, slowly, using his strength as carefully as an out-of-work show-girl uses her last good pair of stockings."(pg.8) There was a lot of oriental junk in the windows. I didn't know whether it was any good, not being a collector of antiques, except unpaid bills."(pg.22) Chandler's detailing is remarkable. He pulls and puts you through a scene/segment as if he's directing the reader as an actor in a movie with live props. This can be an invigorating read from beginning to end if he keeps the up.
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I agree with Nicole because I did not expect for the things that happened so far to happen. I figure it would open up very easy and build up to big twist but it was just thrown out there. Then again, that is a very interesting way to write novels because it's better to give a surprise with unexpected turns then to dull the reader in the beginning. First impressions are important and if your book opens very dull and the action happens way later, you could lose the reader before he/she even reaches it because I've been there before.
ReplyDeleteThat is true. Only it's true for some literary works. The same way it's true for some events in life. To have something expected to occur would make what happened obvious some would say. Only it's obviousness becomes justified when your surety of anticipatory skills average the majority. Making sure most are on the same page must be accounted. The same expected bends, twists, and turns aren't always so dull. That isn't always uninteresting. This can be what would be described as Holy Matrimony, or good connection. Divine intervention can either be goodly connected or unexpected, but it's in the group. For example a couple kissing at their wedding. A basketball player passing the ball to a shooter. Everybody knew the play of the player passing the ball was obviously going to happen. Everybody knew the shooter was going to shoot. The shooter is a good shooter who is having a good game. Only is he going to make the shot. Divine intervention isn't necessarily a rare act. Only when we think of something or someone divinely intervening, something or someone doing something magical comes to mind which is a rarity. I'll use the Cleveland Cavaliers to continue my example. The Cavs haven't won a championship in fifty-two years. Everybody expected Lebron James along with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love from the Cavs to win because of them being major components to a strong Cavs team and NBA league. They won and it was no big deal watching basketball, it was obviously going to happen. In doing this they broke a fifty-two year stretch without winning. That's amazing. You can be dulled, distracted, annoyed. It may be uninteresting, but a ending can make a reader try his or her best to stay tuned.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a really good response. I think you're right that word play and description and simply the way Marlowe presents himself are very important.
Thank-you.
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