Groucho Marx once said, “Outside of a dog, a book is man 's best friend. Inside of a dog it 's too dark to read” (Goodreads). While dogs have always been present in my life, books have given me an exit on days that are tense, tedious, or unbearable. My love for books was comparable to a flower. Planted as a toddler, it grew as I matured. Jumping from Junie B. Jones to Pretty Little Liars, my choice of genre changed as I entered high school. Even though I had never been picky with which books I read, I started to see patterns as I began looking back on the books I had read in the past.
I sat on the blanket with my head buried in my book as my teammates broke out into laughter. I looked up momentarily out of curiosity, but I went back to my book …show more content…
While Nineteen Minutes takes place in a small town in the United States, The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan. This difference impacts the writing because it changes how the characters interact with each other. For example, the characters in The Kite Runner show much more respect for adults than the ones in Nineteen Minutes. Additionally, Josie lives in Sterling, New Hampshire, a town that does not really exist, but Amir lives in Kabul, a real city. This affects how the readers can relate to the setting. If a reader wanted to understand Kabul better, they could simply research the city and gain information from that. However, researching Sterling is not possible because it is fiction. This means that the only relation a reader can make with the setting is if they come from or have lived in an urban town. Lastly, Picoult’s novel takes place in present day; on the other hand, The Kite Runner is set in the mid-1900s. This changes how a reader views the story because it changes the lives of the characters based on time. The time frame of a book creates obvious alterations in the plot. For example, if Nineteen Minutes had been written in the past as The Kite Runner was, the story would be different because technology was not as advanced as it is today. These three setting differences create a unique personality for both …show more content…
The Kite Runner uses timeline events. Hossieni starts chapter one with Amir remembering his past, and chapter two begins with the first memory. After that memory, the story continues in chronological order as Amir shares his story. Occasionally within the story, Amir will have a momentary flashback in that instant, but the story continues on. On the other hand, Picoult chose a different approach when writing her novel. Rather than timeline events, Nineteen Minutes switches between flashbacks and present day. Chapters shift back and forth between events leading up to the shooting and events leading up to the trial. These changes give a reader insight on what led the shooter to cause such a tragedy for all those people; it also leads to an understanding of why Josie acts the way she does before and after the
I sat on the blanket with my head buried in my book as my teammates broke out into laughter. I looked up momentarily out of curiosity, but I went back to my book …show more content…
While Nineteen Minutes takes place in a small town in the United States, The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan. This difference impacts the writing because it changes how the characters interact with each other. For example, the characters in The Kite Runner show much more respect for adults than the ones in Nineteen Minutes. Additionally, Josie lives in Sterling, New Hampshire, a town that does not really exist, but Amir lives in Kabul, a real city. This affects how the readers can relate to the setting. If a reader wanted to understand Kabul better, they could simply research the city and gain information from that. However, researching Sterling is not possible because it is fiction. This means that the only relation a reader can make with the setting is if they come from or have lived in an urban town. Lastly, Picoult’s novel takes place in present day; on the other hand, The Kite Runner is set in the mid-1900s. This changes how a reader views the story because it changes the lives of the characters based on time. The time frame of a book creates obvious alterations in the plot. For example, if Nineteen Minutes had been written in the past as The Kite Runner was, the story would be different because technology was not as advanced as it is today. These three setting differences create a unique personality for both …show more content…
The Kite Runner uses timeline events. Hossieni starts chapter one with Amir remembering his past, and chapter two begins with the first memory. After that memory, the story continues in chronological order as Amir shares his story. Occasionally within the story, Amir will have a momentary flashback in that instant, but the story continues on. On the other hand, Picoult chose a different approach when writing her novel. Rather than timeline events, Nineteen Minutes switches between flashbacks and present day. Chapters shift back and forth between events leading up to the shooting and events leading up to the trial. These changes give a reader insight on what led the shooter to cause such a tragedy for all those people; it also leads to an understanding of why Josie acts the way she does before and after the