Wednesday 16th March 2016
Dialogue refers to the conversation characters have with one another in stories.
They could be talking about the boy and what happened to him.
“How is she?”
“Yeah she’s alright”
“What does that mean?”
“She needs to get help”
“You can tell me anything”
“… Ahh she is sick”
“What is it!”
The difference about how Junot Díaz writes compared to other authors is that he doesn’t use speech marks.
Junot Díaz would write he or she said or the persons name and had said after it to make it less complicated to read, Junot Díaz also only uses said instead of he exclaimed or she expressed to make it easier for the reader.
They young boy was walking home at night on his phone and bumped in to a shady figure, the tall man took his hood off and looked at the boy for 2 seconds and hugged him
Who are you?, the young boy said
I guess you don’t remember me?
clearly the boy said
The boy paused for a second
oh my god, I’m so sorry it’s you the boy said
So how is she?
Yeah she is alright
What does that mean?, you can tell me anything
She needs to get help
Why what happened?
The boy huffed
… She is sick
What is it.
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