Richard Curry’s Fatal Light, is a narrative of a man who is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. His stories are told from a first person point of view, and the book is written in the style of “Flash Fiction”. Each chapter, or story is no longer than a few pages, keeping the reader’s interest, and effectively communicating the authors words.
I think that Curry uses this style of writing to try and show the reader how things were for the narrator. There were many things going on at once, and everything was happening so quickly. This style of writing allows the author to describe everything that he must, and be able to tell the story with the most effectiveness. Instead of going into details that may not be necessary, he is able to skip a lot of writing, and is able to get his message, or story across in a simple manner.
Overall, I think that the form of this book does help the ideas in the book, because there is so much information in this book, and there are such a large number of stories to tell, that to try and make them all work together and try to combine all of these ideas would make the book worse.
Richard Curry’s Fatal Light, is a narrative of a man who is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. His stories are told from a first person point of view, and the book is written in the style of “Flash Fiction”. Each chapter or story is no longer than a few pages, keeping the reader’s interest, and effectively communicating the author’s words.
ReplyDeleteI think that Curry uses this style of writing to try and show the reader how things were for the narrator. There were many things going on at once, and everything was happening so quickly. This style of writing allows the author to describe everything that he must, and be able to tell the story with the most effectiveness. Instead of going into details that may not be necessary, he is able to skip a lot of writing, and is able to get his message, or story across in a simple manner. I believe that it is also beneficial for the reader because, the reader does not have to interpret much, if anything, and the main, or the most important points are laid out for the reader.
Overall, I think that the form of this book does help the ideas in the book, because there is so much information in this book, and there is such a large number of stories to tell, that to try and make them all work together and flow continuously would take away from the effectiveness. To use another form of writing to try and combine all of these ideas into one fluid piece of work would make the book worse.