Essay On Rudolfo Anaya's Writing Style

Harper Lee and Rudolfo Anaya both have distinct and well known writing styles which helped them to create their reputation as great writers. Each of their styles of writing are different and help contribute to the uniqueness of each writer's’ novels. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is narrated by an adult looking back on her childhood, and the wide, advanced vocabulary reflects this. Additionally, to make the story more authentic, Lee also incorporates southern dialects and words. For example, the characters will say words such as “nothin’”, “you all”, and “hain’t”. Furthermore, the overall writing style of Lee’s could be described as stating the facts. Often, the main action and details would simply be stated without much emotional insight. It would almost be like watching a movie and seeing what is happening as if the reader were there in the situation him or herself. For example, in the text when Scout and Jem were being attacked on their way home from the pageant, Lee writes:
Something crushed the chicken wire around me. Metal ripped on metal and I fell to the ground and rolled as far as I could, floundering to escape my
In Bless Me, Ultima, the narrator is a young boy named Antonio who lives in a Spanish-speaking community. Anaya also incorporates many Spanish words such as “llano” to set the tone. Furthermore, instead of stating facts like Lee chooses to do, Anaya’s style goes from idea to idea, blending together with seemingly no plan of where it is going. The entire novel consists of Antonio’s river of thoughts, including his dreams and flashbacks. Along the way, Anaya adds many seemingly extraneous details, but later they will come into play. Anaya’s style also includes many flashbacks that will foreshadow events that are to come later. In Antonio’s early flashback, Anaya’s writing style is clearly shown when he flashes back to when he was