Suspense In Ron Chuxley's 'Stolen'
Niru Nadesalingam
Ms.Tumber
ENG3U1-0?
Tuesday April 19, 2010
ISU ESSAY
Mystery novels always make the reader solve a puzzle alongside the main character/detective. “Stolen is a moody psychological novel with a series of finely drawn characters.”(Chudley 293) Ron Chudley the author of Stolen creates a mystery, where he introduces the crime in the first few chapters and then injects many literary techniques to generate a sequence of suspenseful events. In Stolen, Ron Chudley incorporates narration, imagery, and diction to generate suspense rendering the novel an effective mystery. Ultimately, this story portrays a father losing his beloved son to strangers who are obsessed with obtaining the innocent child Nate. Throughout …show more content…
The imagery allows the readers to create mental images from the words “Hell’s Gate,” which makes the audience wonder what is going to happen at this mysterious place. Chudley utilizes diction very carefully to create suspense throughout this novel. The first example of diction is the connotation of the title Stolen. The denotation of stolen is an act of stealing a possession or theft. Chudley does not use the literal meaning of stolen, but uses an overtone of the word. When Chudley named the book Stolen, he meant that Nate, the child, was “stolen.” Nate was a mere possession of John’s, but was kidnapped by the Wetherall’s. The author cunningly utilized the word stolen to make the reader anticipate what object was being stolen; however, that object was John’s son Nate. Therefore, Stolen is an exhilarating mystery novel that has served its purpose of engaging the reader to solve its challenging puzzle alongside the main character John. Ron Chudley ingeniously uses narration, imagery, and diction to build suspense rendering the novel an effective
Ms.Tumber
ENG3U1-0?
Tuesday April 19, 2010
ISU ESSAY
Mystery novels always make the reader solve a puzzle alongside the main character/detective. “Stolen is a moody psychological novel with a series of finely drawn characters.”(Chudley 293) Ron Chudley the author of Stolen creates a mystery, where he introduces the crime in the first few chapters and then injects many literary techniques to generate a sequence of suspenseful events. In Stolen, Ron Chudley incorporates narration, imagery, and diction to generate suspense rendering the novel an effective mystery. Ultimately, this story portrays a father losing his beloved son to strangers who are obsessed with obtaining the innocent child Nate. Throughout …show more content…
The imagery allows the readers to create mental images from the words “Hell’s Gate,” which makes the audience wonder what is going to happen at this mysterious place. Chudley utilizes diction very carefully to create suspense throughout this novel. The first example of diction is the connotation of the title Stolen. The denotation of stolen is an act of stealing a possession or theft. Chudley does not use the literal meaning of stolen, but uses an overtone of the word. When Chudley named the book Stolen, he meant that Nate, the child, was “stolen.” Nate was a mere possession of John’s, but was kidnapped by the Wetherall’s. The author cunningly utilized the word stolen to make the reader anticipate what object was being stolen; however, that object was John’s son Nate. Therefore, Stolen is an exhilarating mystery novel that has served its purpose of engaging the reader to solve its challenging puzzle alongside the main character John. Ron Chudley ingeniously uses narration, imagery, and diction to build suspense rendering the novel an effective