onsdag 22 september 2010

Discussion "about a boy" 22th september

The grammar difficulty varies depending on who's talking. When Will's talking or the author describes Will, the grammar is alot more difficult than when he's describing Marcus. There's alot more complex words and the senteneces are much longer compared to Marcus'. We think it's because the difference between their ages. Will is an adult and Marcus is just a little boy. So when Marcus is talking it's pretty easy words and short sentences.
Alot of "I dunno" for example.

The ammount of descriptions and dialogues is changing as the story goes along. But it's pretty much 50/50 in total. In the beginning, there's more descriptions, so we can get to know the characters. But as we start to know them, the ammount of descriptions decrease. And instead of descriptions, it goes over to more dialogues between the characters.

The vocabulary is difficult when Will's talking, and more childlike when Marcus is talking.  

We think the narrator has thought through these things before, and that's why he's using a different difficulty of the language, depending on who is described. Marcus is just a young boy, and his vocabulary isn't fully developed. But Will's vocabulary on the other end, is fully developed.

1 kommentar:

  1. What can I say? You point out clear differences in the characters, with reference to the author's use of langugae. Great!

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