Henry Munoz IV
6/29/16
Per 2
Style Analysis Essay
Ray Bradbury’s tone throughout the book was very subtle, plain, nothing too crazy. He doesn’t have an outrageous style when it comes to the tone part of his writing, it’s just very serious in terms of how the situation is. In some ways, you could say it’s very dark, because the main character, Montag, is very sad in some of the stories plot. I guess that’s why not too many teenagers enjoy the book because the tone isn’t very enjoyable.
Bradbury’s diction in this book is very formal, which means the reader should have an expanded vocabulary while reading this. Bradbury uses words such as cataract, proboscis, imperceptible, and proclivity. And that is just the first chapter. But a reader like me, with a vocabulary had a tougher time reading and understanding this book because some of the words definitions were not exact, …show more content…
And being such a descriptive story, you would expect more similes and metaphors. But personification occurs a lot throughout the story, and it gives the story more life. Like when Mildred’s stomach was getting pumped, he described the wires to be like snake’s and described them to have snake like features. He also exaggerates the details throughout the book, especially how the fire burns, because the fires maybe big, he describes them to “cover the sky in black” and the “flames light the dark night”.
Bradbury is a very great writer, when it comes to the attention to detail and to keep the story flowing. He writes in a very slow manner, but all of the pieces of his style fit, and it’s honestly not that bad if the mood wasn’t so dark and muggy. His writing isn’t as dark as an Edgar Allen Poe piece, although, it is still pretty dark. But in the end, certain thing distinguish Bradbury from many different writers, which made the story unique and
6/29/16
Per 2
Style Analysis Essay
Ray Bradbury’s tone throughout the book was very subtle, plain, nothing too crazy. He doesn’t have an outrageous style when it comes to the tone part of his writing, it’s just very serious in terms of how the situation is. In some ways, you could say it’s very dark, because the main character, Montag, is very sad in some of the stories plot. I guess that’s why not too many teenagers enjoy the book because the tone isn’t very enjoyable.
Bradbury’s diction in this book is very formal, which means the reader should have an expanded vocabulary while reading this. Bradbury uses words such as cataract, proboscis, imperceptible, and proclivity. And that is just the first chapter. But a reader like me, with a vocabulary had a tougher time reading and understanding this book because some of the words definitions were not exact, …show more content…
And being such a descriptive story, you would expect more similes and metaphors. But personification occurs a lot throughout the story, and it gives the story more life. Like when Mildred’s stomach was getting pumped, he described the wires to be like snake’s and described them to have snake like features. He also exaggerates the details throughout the book, especially how the fire burns, because the fires maybe big, he describes them to “cover the sky in black” and the “flames light the dark night”.
Bradbury is a very great writer, when it comes to the attention to detail and to keep the story flowing. He writes in a very slow manner, but all of the pieces of his style fit, and it’s honestly not that bad if the mood wasn’t so dark and muggy. His writing isn’t as dark as an Edgar Allen Poe piece, although, it is still pretty dark. But in the end, certain thing distinguish Bradbury from many different writers, which made the story unique and