Journal Entry 78: Style :)

There are many elements of style in Raymond's Run but the two elements of style I am going to talk about is dialect and allusion. In the story the narrator uses dialect such as slang. For example, in the story there was something like "playing the dozen". By that the narrator means exchanging insults. The narrator also likes to use the word "ain't", which is a slang word. There was also allusion in the story. For example, Squeaky was compared to Mercury since Squeaky runs super fast. Another example is Mr. Pearson (teacher) was compared to "Jack and the Beanstalk"since Mr. Pearson is very clumsy. The two elements of style in The Treasure of Lemon Brown is mood and conflict. For example the mood in the story was sort of depressing and gloomy. There was many conflicts in the story. For example, there were three bad guys coming into the old tenement wanting to steal Lemon Brown's treasure but Lemon Brown did not give them his treasure because it was very important to him, so the bad guys decided to go after Lemon Brown and hit him. That is external conflict because it is conflict between Lemon Brown and three bad guys.