Blog 8: Dialogue and Writing Style
The dialogue and writing style throughout these four chapters allowed me to gain a perspective on how a lot of the characters actually feel. Throughout the story I have found it hard to decipher what some of the interactions between characters actually means. In chapter 31 Father has an uplift to his spirit after attending the ball game with his son. This ball game has almost rejuvenated Father because throughout the game he reflected on his life and turned much of the game into metaphors for his life. The dialogue between the boy and Father brought Father to his senses and realized he shouldn’t leave his wife alone, and he shouldn’t feel exiled. Father then takes on more of a commanding role instead of just being a spectator. Coalhouse on the other hand has went from a ‘nice’ man to someone full of anger and distaste. Younger Brother’s accounts of Coalhouse allow the reader to see how Coalhouse, along with Mother’s Younger Brother are outlaws and want revenge on the police. Younger Brother and Coalhouse become partners in crime which shows the reader how they have used the negative events that have happened in their to turn their personalities almost completely around. The end of Chapter 32 leaves the reader hanging on the edge wondering what terrible things two people, who used to be good at heart, will do.
