The Differences Between Literary and Commercial The way Connell’s wrote “The Most Dangerous Game”, he presented it in a way that made it more of a commercial story compared to Wolfe’s “The Child by Tiger” that was more literary fiction. “The Most Dangerous Game” was written in a way that was just meant for entertainment. It excited the senses and dazzled the mind that made the reader want to continue to read. “The Child by Tiger” dove more deep into the world by using fiction to make us understand what the characters felt. The book made the reader question what society has done to cause certain events to unfold. “The Most Dangerous Game” is full of thrill seeking pleasure. Everything about this book was exciting. Even from the beginning when
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It always had the reader asking question, looking at the small details in the story, and always had the reader wondering why was a certain event so significant to the final ending. To first say a book is a literary book the book has to be relatable to the reader. The reader has to relate and understand the character's difficulties and why the characters do what they do. One of the most relatable characters in “The Child by Tiger” is a black man named Dick. Dick was characterized by being a remarkable man. A person who could do anything and everything. He was a military man who was willing to share anything he has learned to anyone who was willing to listen. Even though he was an African-American, he was generally loved by the family he worked for and the community. Being able to relate to a character in a book is only one of the steps of being considered a work of literary fiction. Another important step is how the book is relatable to society and what questions does it raise. Even though Dick was a great person, he went on a rampage and killed several people and the question that is raised from that is why? Was it because he hated how he was limited to his color or was it because he hated the white people. The reader never gets a clear answer to these questions. What the reader will never know is what made him snap. Literary fiction is always bleak in that way. It’s the reader’s job to come up with the answers to
It always had the reader asking question, looking at the small details in the story, and always had the reader wondering why was a certain event so significant to the final ending. To first say a book is a literary book the book has to be relatable to the reader. The reader has to relate and understand the character's difficulties and why the characters do what they do. One of the most relatable characters in “The Child by Tiger” is a black man named Dick. Dick was characterized by being a remarkable man. A person who could do anything and everything. He was a military man who was willing to share anything he has learned to anyone who was willing to listen. Even though he was an African-American, he was generally loved by the family he worked for and the community. Being able to relate to a character in a book is only one of the steps of being considered a work of literary fiction. Another important step is how the book is relatable to society and what questions does it raise. Even though Dick was a great person, he went on a rampage and killed several people and the question that is raised from that is why? Was it because he hated how he was limited to his color or was it because he hated the white people. The reader never gets a clear answer to these questions. What the reader will never know is what made him snap. Literary fiction is always bleak in that way. It’s the reader’s job to come up with the answers to