Dumas presents one side of Caesar's will, then the other, and ultimately gives the readers the entire will. In your opinion, how effective is this gradual revelation?
I do not think that it is very effective at all. It just creates a very boring couple of pages. Dumas is trying to build up to something but some readers might just skip to the finished will.
I actually thought that it was very clever. It added an interesting touch of suspense. I actually felt kind of stupid when I found out that he wrote out the whole will because I had just spent the previous couple minutes flipping pages back and forth from the two parts of the will trying to piece it together (go me!). I liked the idea though.
I think it was very effective and rose attention and anticipation from the audience. I felt that it made the reader think more than than there really was. In the end there wasn't that much to it and as a reader i felt dissapointed.
Because this book was written as a set of installments, and not a full novel, it was very effective. It would have given the readers something that they could have waited for until the next segment was released. It is not quite as effective in full book form, but if we keep in mind how this was written, it makes much more sense.
I agree with Cameron insomuch as that is would be very effective in a set of installments. However, I also believe it is effective in book form, because, since up to this point Dantes has questioned Faria's mental stability, the reader is not sure if it will make sense or it will just be the ramblings of a mad man.
I do not think that it is very effective at all. It just creates a very boring couple of pages. Dumas is trying to build up to something but some readers might just skip to the finished will.
ReplyDeleteI actually thought that it was very clever. It added an interesting touch of suspense. I actually felt kind of stupid when I found out that he wrote out the whole will because I had just spent the previous couple minutes flipping pages back and forth from the two parts of the will trying to piece it together (go me!). I liked the idea though.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was kind of strange as well, however i feel it was effective at delievering the message to the reader in an interesting way.
ReplyDeleteI think it was very effective and rose attention and anticipation from the audience. I felt that it made the reader think more than than there really was. In the end there wasn't that much to it and as a reader i felt dissapointed.
ReplyDeleteBecause this book was written as a set of installments, and not a full novel, it was very effective. It would have given the readers something that they could have waited for until the next segment was released. It is not quite as effective in full book form, but if we keep in mind how this was written, it makes much more sense.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Cameron insomuch as that is would be very effective in a set of installments. However, I also believe it is effective in book form, because, since up to this point Dantes has questioned Faria's mental stability, the reader is not sure if it will make sense or it will just be the ramblings of a mad man.
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