Comparing Catcher In The Rye And Lord Of The Flies

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“Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.” This quote is three demands of fiction writing. When following the three demands of fiction, an author get very interested in his/her work. “Make them wait” is a factor in creating interest in both novels Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies. The Purpose of this essay is to explain how making the readers wait will help create interest in the novels Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies. The Catcher in the Rye is mainly about a boy who gets kicked out of a prep school and does not want to go home and tell his parents, because he is scared about how they would react.

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