Through the clever use of vocabulary Wild (2013) engages the reader from the beginning. It is a story retold, of people trying to escape the brutality of war, forever remaining hopeful, and moving on to a better life. However, as Tunnell (2008) notes, it is not the subject or the characters that dictate if a book is well written, but the manner in which it is written. The choice of vocabulary can either tell the story to the reader, or show them, by immersing them into the story. The latter shows that the author has given consideration to the audience and paid respect to them (Tunnell, 2008). Wild (2013) has achieved this with the beautiful book “The Treasure Box”.
The sentence “It is rarer than rubies, more splendid than silver, greater than gold” (parra. 6) describes the only book undamaged by the library fire. Wild could have told us “This book is important,” but she shows just how special this book is by comparing it to precious jewels. …show more content…
In this text, after surviving the war, coping with the loss of his father, and then immigrating to a new country, Peter travels back to his homeland to retrieve the buried book. Then, he returns to the rebuilt library, and puts “the book back on the shelf where, once again, it could be found, and read and loved (parra. 24). This leaves the reader delighted that all the knowledge that the book holds can be once again shared and how human spirit prevails..
The Treasure Box (2013) shows no signs of weak writing. There is a lesson within the story, however, “the story is primary and the lessons are secondary” (Tunnel l, 2008,
p. 26). We realise that books can be precious and a treasure, greater than material objects like rubies, silver, and gold. This is conveyed through all the devices discussed previously. Additionally, Wild (2013) does not over explain, and is evidenced in the sentence “When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned” (parra.
The sentence “It is rarer than rubies, more splendid than silver, greater than gold” (parra. 6) describes the only book undamaged by the library fire. Wild could have told us “This book is important,” but she shows just how special this book is by comparing it to precious jewels. …show more content…
In this text, after surviving the war, coping with the loss of his father, and then immigrating to a new country, Peter travels back to his homeland to retrieve the buried book. Then, he returns to the rebuilt library, and puts “the book back on the shelf where, once again, it could be found, and read and loved (parra. 24). This leaves the reader delighted that all the knowledge that the book holds can be once again shared and how human spirit prevails..
The Treasure Box (2013) shows no signs of weak writing. There is a lesson within the story, however, “the story is primary and the lessons are secondary” (Tunnel l, 2008,
p. 26). We realise that books can be precious and a treasure, greater than material objects like rubies, silver, and gold. This is conveyed through all the devices discussed previously. Additionally, Wild (2013) does not over explain, and is evidenced in the sentence “When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned” (parra.