Analysis Of Sandra Cisneros Twelve And Ray Bradbury s...

Characters. They are the foundation of a storyline. However, what is the significance of having realistic characters? Authors construct a story with realistic characters to enable readers in familiarizing themselves with the character. In Sandra Cisneros’ Eleven and Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt, both authors reveal realistic characters by using descriptive writing with the use of literary devices, utilizing dialogue that reflects their young ages and developing the characters by encountering various types of narrations. The authors use realistic characters to provide a better reflection about the coming of age as a theme. Writers utilize descriptive writing to create a clear depiction of people, objects or events by emphasizing important†¦show more content†¦He [George] could feel it on his neck, still, like a hot paw†¦And the smell of blood.† (Bradbury 3). The author uses a simile to compare the heat of the â€Å"sun† to a â€Å"hot paw† in the African veldt which emphasizes the positive thoughts of the children. The â€Å"smell of blood† refers to death, which transitions into an unexpected thought from children. Bradbury uses a technique called foreshadowing by contrasting the positive thoughts and negative thoughts of the children. This explains the variation in the age of Peter as his thoughts begin to expand. Therefore, descriptive writing with the use of literacy devices reflect the overall theme; coming of age to create realistic characters. Authors use dialogues as a technique to display an important conversation between two characters or more. Realistic characters would comprise dialogues consisting apparent speech manners of a human being. Through dialogues, characters can interact in a way that could reveal expositional information (age) about a character which seems to be realistic. For example, Cisneros exaggerates the nervousness in Rachel, when she says, â€Å"That’s not, I don’t, you’re not†¦Not mine† (Cisneros 2) after a classmate declares that the red sweater belongs to Rachel. The writer uses an ellipsis; a pause after every few words to emphasize the idea of Rachel not being able to speak up for herself, which allows the reader to fill in their own insights about the character. Rachel endeavors to say â€Å"that’s not†