A key choice writers Essay

A key option writers make is how they cite or refer to characters in their stories. Write round the significance of the choices writers have made in naming or referring to their characters in the three texts you have studies. In the three texts I have studies the writers completely name and refer to their characters in different ways. For example in The itinerary the characters be not give wayn names and in Sm totally(a) Island all the characters atomic number 18 named and referred to in detail.Firstly mc McCarthy doesnt give his characters names throughout his narrative he only refers to them as, the man, papa and the male child which shows they be father and son and that is all the detail McCarthy reveals. The significance of this is to take the military unit that this dystopia they live in could happen to absolutely allone. McCarthy has also done this to create a state ment that names are no longer important since the world has ended and all refinings have been w iped out. The only important this is surviving.McCarthy mentions the son was born into the post apocalypse s so by chance the boy hasnt even been given a name through the position he doesnt need one since there is no civilisation and there is a nil chance of survival, therefore there is no one to give your name to. McCarthy could also be revealing that maybe the parents didnt think it was important in naming the boy because they wouldnt survive. In Small Island bill names her characters really stereotypically through their personalities.Queenies christened name is Victoria I was christened victoria like the late queen, but forevermore been called Queenie, which is what her mother wanted to christen her as but the vicar wouldnt put up it as it was a habitual name so he suggested Victoria. levy chose this name as it reflects Queenies character very well as she is very well mannered and posh like the queen. Gilberts name reveals that he is half(a) clear through the fact that G ilbert Joseph is a common white man name. Levy also reveals that his father is white by referring his to as light skinned.Hortenses name reveals that she is not English provided it also reveals that she is wealthy and higher physical body through the fact that Hortense is a French name which automatically stereotypically reveals Hortenses character is going to be higher class which she is. Levy also refers to her characters in racist ways by addressing and describing the b miss characters as darkies and niggers the significance of this is to show when the novel was mark off 1948 when being racist was common and most English people were, in which Levy has took advantage of to make her narrative realistic.Finally in Rossettis poetry, Rossetti refers to men in different negative ways. For example in bugbear Market Rossetti refers men to a Goblins she has done this to reveal her emotions of men implying that they are all vial and evil. However, the word Goblin could also mean delux e which could be implying that all men are rich which is true because in the 19th century it was only men who had money, so she could be implying that men are rare and rich. However, still men in Rossettis poems are shown to be negative which is interoperating that wealth isnt all that good.Rossetti also gives her characters common names such as Maude Clare, Laura and Lizzie the significance of this is to make her poems still secret and open for interpretations which she does in all of her poems. Rossetti also refers to her characters through affectionate class and skin tone she does this as it was a main importance in the 19th century. To compare all the writers I have studies both Levy and Rossetti refer and name their characters through social class in almost way. However, McCarthy doesnt mention social class or interpratate it in any way.He has done this because there is no longer any social class unlike in when Small Island and Rossettis when it was highly mentioned with the while they are set in. In conclusion in all the texts I have studied the writers all texts I have studied the writers all name their characters in different ways for different significance and to create different effects to their narratives. But also to affect the reader other than for example McCarthy doesnt give names to his characters to give the narrative lack of information as it could be happen to anyone but also to give the reader no emotional connection to the novel.