Fresh Bait is a short story written by Sherryl Clark. It is aimed at teenagers going into adult hood and doesn’t necessary lean towards any particular gender. Sherryl is an author based on writing children’s books since 1996 and now mostly writes short stories and personal essays, as well as poems for adult readers. (Sherryl Clark, 2014) Sherryl now has more than 50 published books, with Fresh Bait being published in 2007. She is an Australian author and teaches creative writing at Victoria University TAFE. (Asauthors.org, 2015)
Sherryl’s story of Fresh Bait takes place within the state of Victoria along the highway of a small town called Euroa, where a young adult is searching to find the murderer of their younger sister Melanie by trying to re-live her sisters last hour. Melanie’s sister was left with their sister’s checklist that had been scribbled on the back of a diary giving details of her murders appearance. This would ultimately help with the investigation. …show more content…
21) this could be for reasons such as abduction, abuse, molestation which a man wouldn’t be too fearful of. Having this unknown gender gives more mystery to the story as different readers will have different interpretations. Visual imagery is used, “Melanie’s grey face with bruises around her neck and the dried blood in her hair jumped up to haunt me yet again.” (pg. 23) The literary technique of stream consciousness was used, “I forced a smile and tried to relax a little, not too much.” (pg. 19) The technique of metaphor was used, “Tears burned my eyes…” (pg.
Sherryl’s story of Fresh Bait takes place within the state of Victoria along the highway of a small town called Euroa, where a young adult is searching to find the murderer of their younger sister Melanie by trying to re-live her sisters last hour. Melanie’s sister was left with their sister’s checklist that had been scribbled on the back of a diary giving details of her murders appearance. This would ultimately help with the investigation. …show more content…
21) this could be for reasons such as abduction, abuse, molestation which a man wouldn’t be too fearful of. Having this unknown gender gives more mystery to the story as different readers will have different interpretations. Visual imagery is used, “Melanie’s grey face with bruises around her neck and the dried blood in her hair jumped up to haunt me yet again.” (pg. 23) The literary technique of stream consciousness was used, “I forced a smile and tried to relax a little, not too much.” (pg. 19) The technique of metaphor was used, “Tears burned my eyes…” (pg.