Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Um...Random Title Name? Sure, I'll go with that.

From a writer’s perspective, Martin Amis did a couple of interesting things. First, because the story was narrated by the character, the story’s “reality” immediately came into question. Yet, the details of the story were so lavish that one almost couldn’t help but suspend disbelief. So then, a battle was created: was the narrator reliable or not? By setting up that question, he gave the story multiple interpretations, with each interpretation given enough details to sound true. Secondly, the narrator tended to ramble, giving the story a personal touch. That helped the reader fall into the grove of the story. And by having that personal touch, the personality of the narrator jumped from the pages, leaving the reader to judge the narrator. And the end of the day, I think that was the most interesting thing Martin Amis did: despite giving us so much information, he left much of the story up to the reader.

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