Novel Critique

Objective: Students will be able to critique their fiction book identifying where they find their novel exemplary or deficient in its writing style, plot, characterization, setting, or other rhetorical strategies.

Practice
Does the setting of the movie seem to fit the mood and serve the plot?

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Critique
A careful judgment in which you give your opinion about the good and bad parts of something You should never assume that a novel is a masterpiece. The most important element of a critique is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary.

Requirements
1 Choose 1 question from at least 3 categories (3 questions total) 2) Come to an understanding of the question by looking up definitions of terms you do not know. 3) Take a stance on the contents of the questions AND provide a THOROUGH EXPLANATION of that stance. 4) You will need to include commentary that is critical of the novels content. 5) You will need to include EXAMPLES from the text that support your stance, which should be FORMATTED correctly, and you need to ANALYZE the relevance of your example.

Style: Does the overall style of the writing work well for the story?
Stance and explanation
A style reveals both the writer's personality and voice, but it also shows how she or he perceives the audience.

The major obstacle faced while reading Pride and Prejudice is the sentence structure and organization. Austen uses some spellings that differ from today, for example shewn instead of shown, that may confuse the reader. However, it is the long-winded sentences that weigh down eye lids: The first mentioned was, that, regardless of the sentiments of either, I had detached Example Mr. Bingley from your sister,-and the other, that I had, in defiance of honour and humanity, ruined the immediate prosperity, and blasted the prospects of Mr. Wickham (191). The structure of the sentences lengthens the amount of time normally spent per page and thus bores the reader of the story who sees that an end is much farther away than presumed. Additionally, the novel is organized into volumes I, II, and III that each include numbered chapters. The volumes somewhat divide the book into beginning, middle, and end, but there is no apparent reason for such division. Several chapters in each volume are only three to five pages and jump around from what Elizabeth is doing to what Kitty is doing, without any transition. Also, time is a hard concept to keep track of throughout the novel. A shorter chapter that seems to be only a day or two may, in fact, have taken place over the time period of two weeks, and then may be followed by a chapter that is ten pages long and covers a few hours. The abrupt chapters do not appear to have a purpose in the novel.
Critique/analysis

Overall Impression: Does this book have a distinct universal theme or topic that would draw in readers?
Central topic

Stance and explanation

The novel has a distinct and well developed overall theme. The major theme of the novel is the injustice of censorship in a society. In Bradburys futuristic society, the government has banned reading books and the accumulation of any knowledge. The opening line of the book grabs the readers attention and immediately tells the reader that the characters in the story are being manipulated to enjoy burning Example books: It was a pleasure to burn (1). The books in Fahrenheit 451 are banned for several reasons such as having content related to political distrust. Even though the society in the book appears very extreme, there is a clear statement to readers about the danger of any kind of intellectual censorship. The message Bradbury wants his readers to understand is that through censorship, the citizens become nonthreatening, non-interesting humans who can easily be led and manipulated through fear.
Critique/analysis