Authors have the power to create a vivid image in a reader's mind through the use of style. Style is a technique an author uses to illustrate the bona fide meaning behind the text, some may call this the voice of the writer. The tone of the text is the attitude and mood towards the subject, generally conveyed through the word choice of the writer. The pace of the text emphasises the setting, atmosphere and the focus of the plot movement. The vocabulary is important because it pieces, both those interpretations of style together. Without proper word and punctuation choices the tone may be misinterpreted and the pace would be misleading. Cormac McCarthy uses tone, pace and vocabulary throughout his novel “The Road” to create suspense and add
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It is the feeling of anticipation that captivates the reader to continue reading. “Papa let’s not go up there. It’s okay. I don’t think we should go up there. It’s okay. (106)” McCarthy uses short and simple sentences to draw the reader's attention to the urgency and foreboding feeling of apprehension that the boy is feeling in regards to the house. In this passage there is dialogue between the father and the boy, reminding the reader that something is wrong. Which allows the reader to have an insight of the feeling. “Then he raised the hatch door and swung it over and let it down on the floor behind. (110)” Throughout the novel Cormac McCarthy leaves the reader in suspense by not giving the facts to the reader right away. The quotation above is the perfect example of such, it goes into detail on the hatch door and following it with more dialogue leaves the reader discomfort by not telling them what is behind the hatch right away. “He would have ample time later to think about that (107)”. This quotation is yet another example from the novel that builds an immense feeling of suspense, that Cormac McCarthy uses to allow the reader to experience. With suspense in the passage we are allowed to have a more clear understanding of the atmosphere of the
It is the feeling of anticipation that captivates the reader to continue reading. “Papa let’s not go up there. It’s okay. I don’t think we should go up there. It’s okay. (106)” McCarthy uses short and simple sentences to draw the reader's attention to the urgency and foreboding feeling of apprehension that the boy is feeling in regards to the house. In this passage there is dialogue between the father and the boy, reminding the reader that something is wrong. Which allows the reader to have an insight of the feeling. “Then he raised the hatch door and swung it over and let it down on the floor behind. (110)” Throughout the novel Cormac McCarthy leaves the reader in suspense by not giving the facts to the reader right away. The quotation above is the perfect example of such, it goes into detail on the hatch door and following it with more dialogue leaves the reader discomfort by not telling them what is behind the hatch right away. “He would have ample time later to think about that (107)”. This quotation is yet another example from the novel that builds an immense feeling of suspense, that Cormac McCarthy uses to allow the reader to experience. With suspense in the passage we are allowed to have a more clear understanding of the atmosphere of the