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Comparing The Writing Style Of Rick Moody's Boys And Jamaica Kincaid
And today in the wide world of Literature, well maybe just short stories, we will be going over Rick Moody's "Boys" and Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" and discerning the way in which Moody chose to make his story very quick paced to the reader and in a way difficult to read, but with a purpose. Also how that affects the way the reader may read, perceive, or understand the story in a different way. And comparing how the similar writing style of Kincaid compares to Moody's use.

In "Boys" we are immediately introduced to a recurring theme, event, or phrase, if you will, that pops up throughout the story many, many times. "Boys enter the house, boys enter the house" (Moody 579). Moody starts his story off with an action already taking place, he chooses

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