Writing Analysis - The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Throughout The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathan Stroud incorporates many different unique writing styles that enhances the reader’s understanding of the characters, and the setting. Some of these many styles include footnotes, many diverse points of view, multiple narrators, and much more. Even some of the character’s themselves would introduce different styles so that we could follow along easier and learn more about that character. While reading the book, I began to understand what the many characters were going through, and how they interacted with the setting around them. The many styles of writing that Stroud uses gives you a chance to learn more about the main characters, and how their points of …show more content…
“[1] Several conscious levels, that is. By large, humans can only manage one conscious level, with a couple of more or less unconscious ones muddling along underneath. Think of it this way: I could read a book with four different stories typed one on top of the other; and take them all in with the same sweep of my eyes. The best I can do for you is footnotes” (Stroud 206). These footnotes are written by Bartimaeus specifically to the reader who is reading the chapter from his point of view. He uses these footnotes in order to help the reader understand certain types of magician terminology that he uses, events from his past, or even his own inner, opinionated thoughts that he would likely not say to anyone else. These can be very helpful to the reader, because they are short, sweet, and right to the point when it comes to explaining things. An example would be, “[1] Horla: a powerful subclass of djinni. To a human, horlas appear as shadowy apparitions that cause madness and disease; to other djinni, they radiate a malicious aura that saps our essence” (Stroud 246). This footnote by Bartimaeus helps me understand what kind of djinni they are handling and what it would look like to me. These footnotes are very helpful to readers and help them understand the information that is not mentioned in the main text so that they can follow along in the
Throughout The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathan Stroud incorporates many different unique writing styles that enhances the reader’s understanding of the characters, and the setting. Some of these many styles include footnotes, many diverse points of view, multiple narrators, and much more. Even some of the character’s themselves would introduce different styles so that we could follow along easier and learn more about that character. While reading the book, I began to understand what the many characters were going through, and how they interacted with the setting around them. The many styles of writing that Stroud uses gives you a chance to learn more about the main characters, and how their points of …show more content…
“[1] Several conscious levels, that is. By large, humans can only manage one conscious level, with a couple of more or less unconscious ones muddling along underneath. Think of it this way: I could read a book with four different stories typed one on top of the other; and take them all in with the same sweep of my eyes. The best I can do for you is footnotes” (Stroud 206). These footnotes are written by Bartimaeus specifically to the reader who is reading the chapter from his point of view. He uses these footnotes in order to help the reader understand certain types of magician terminology that he uses, events from his past, or even his own inner, opinionated thoughts that he would likely not say to anyone else. These can be very helpful to the reader, because they are short, sweet, and right to the point when it comes to explaining things. An example would be, “[1] Horla: a powerful subclass of djinni. To a human, horlas appear as shadowy apparitions that cause madness and disease; to other djinni, they radiate a malicious aura that saps our essence” (Stroud 246). This footnote by Bartimaeus helps me understand what kind of djinni they are handling and what it would look like to me. These footnotes are very helpful to readers and help them understand the information that is not mentioned in the main text so that they can follow along in the