When I read Stanley Elkin’s story A Poetics for Bullies I feel that he always uses those direct action words like climb, flick and hit. Those words make the sentence directly and naked, however, Robert Olen Butler likes to use some words which is not so direct and moving like appear and goes. I change appear to come and goes to walk because I think those words are more directly and make readers imagine the scene.
For the sentence structure, I find that Butler doesn’t like to use some connection words to connect sentences but just use some separate sentences, however, Elkin used to use connection words. Another special style I found from Elkin is that he always use comma between several motions in a sentence. For example, he said that, “They
For the sentence structure, I find that Butler doesn’t like to use some connection words to connect sentences but just use some separate sentences, however, Elkin used to use connection words. Another special style I found from Elkin is that he always use comma between several motions in a sentence. For example, he said that, “They