Analyzing Aparani Taylor's Short Story 'Max Who'

MAKING A POINT.

"Max is a tree that stood". The third to fifth paragraphs of Aparani Taylor's short story, "Max Who" introduced a very wise, loyal and humble character "Max Walker". The narrator presents the Facts and the actions that Max performs to inform the reader to describe Max as a wise, loyal and humble person. Max deserves recognition but no one in the text recognised. This idea persuades the reader to recognise people like Max and show appreciation. The narrator has conveyed these facts about Max Walker by writing a biography of Max Walker using the language features of rhetorical questions, minor sentences and extended metaphors. The Important idea in the text Max Who? Is that people in the community and/or society are doing great things but don't receive recognition. This idea persuades and makes the reader realise that they should give recognition and …show more content…
and presented the important idea of the text by writing a Biography about Max Walker. Aparani used imagery to describe Max's actions to tell the story and to present the main idea of the text and there for the story didn't have a Setting. Aparani used listings of Max's actions with rhetorical questions such as, "Did anyone see Max dig the Hangi? or notice how well he kept his Lawn and went to work every Day, and didn't beat his Wife?. This delivers a really good understanding of the Character's actions. This tells the reader what kind of Person Max is and at the same time, it shows the main idea. Aparani compared Max to a Tree and used extended metaphors such as, "Max is an invisible Tree of silence", "he was mightier than just about any Tree" and "Max is a Tree that stood". This comparison between Max and the Tree delivers a deeper understanding to the reader about Max Walker, how independent and how a great and strong Tree Max Walker is. It also makes the reader realise and wonder what kind of Tree they are