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Violence in short stories and why authors use it
Title: Violence in short stories and why authors use it
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1057 | Pages: 4.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Violence in short stories and why authors use it
Authors use gruesome or macabre details to develop and emphasize theme. Theme, the controlling idea or insight to the story, can be clarified when authors use such extreme forms of violence. In the short stories “The Destructors”, by Graham Greene, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, and “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Conell, some form of gruesome or macabre actions takes place. In each of these stories, irrational acts of violence, horrible traditions, and the …showed first 75 words of 1057 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1057 total…the story. In each of the three stories, “The Destructors”, “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” the author uses exaggerated acts of violence or destruction clarify and expand the theme. Readers are left with a lingering, depressing emotion that makes them reexamine what the author really meant to say. This is exactly what the authors want however, since this feeling will provoke readers to make their own opinion about the theme of the story.
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