Of mice and men
How are guns presented to us in ‘Revolver’ By Marcus Sedgwick?
Revolver is a novel from Marcus Sedgwick about guns for teenagers. Revolver is set in 1910 in a place mysteriously cold and desolate. How sig Anderson thought turn more and more towards a colt revolver, waiting to be used! Although it’s set in 1910 and 1899 it’s written in 2009 to show its still relevant today because of the mass shooting and major gun issues in the United States of America.
There are numerous figurative descriptions of guns throughout the book. For example Marcus Sedgwick writes on page 106 “ Wolff’s gun hovered like a cobra waiting to strike” this is smashing simile and on page 75 he writes “ Fragile as a dream” this is a metaphor not only that but is a sticking and shocking contrast. On one hand the gun is reflected positively, it is shown powerful and dangerous. On the other hand the gun is sensitive and fragile. Some descriptions are hard to interpret and are ambiguous. The revolver is mainly reflected positively and as though hypnotic to believe it’s positive.
In addition to these descriptions, the characters within the novel have very strong views. Einar for example describes a gun as a “princess’s jewels in a case” this means that the gun is very valuable and is his pride. Einar loves guns and adores them and is his priced procession. On the other hand his wife and daughter Maria and Anne, they are absolutely against the ideas of guns they are extremely religious. Maria thinks of guns as the “Devils work” this means it is made the devil and only the devil would use such a thing. Anne is also against the idea of guns and knows its cruelty and dangers we find this out when she says “Explain both halves not just the positives of the revolver” she knows that the gun is not just pleasant and knows it can kill! Mr Salisbury supports their opinion, when he meets Einar in the bar and sees him with a gun he responds by saying “Don’t bring a gun to a place like this or
Revolver is a novel from Marcus Sedgwick about guns for teenagers. Revolver is set in 1910 in a place mysteriously cold and desolate. How sig Anderson thought turn more and more towards a colt revolver, waiting to be used! Although it’s set in 1910 and 1899 it’s written in 2009 to show its still relevant today because of the mass shooting and major gun issues in the United States of America.
There are numerous figurative descriptions of guns throughout the book. For example Marcus Sedgwick writes on page 106 “ Wolff’s gun hovered like a cobra waiting to strike” this is smashing simile and on page 75 he writes “ Fragile as a dream” this is a metaphor not only that but is a sticking and shocking contrast. On one hand the gun is reflected positively, it is shown powerful and dangerous. On the other hand the gun is sensitive and fragile. Some descriptions are hard to interpret and are ambiguous. The revolver is mainly reflected positively and as though hypnotic to believe it’s positive.
In addition to these descriptions, the characters within the novel have very strong views. Einar for example describes a gun as a “princess’s jewels in a case” this means that the gun is very valuable and is his pride. Einar loves guns and adores them and is his priced procession. On the other hand his wife and daughter Maria and Anne, they are absolutely against the ideas of guns they are extremely religious. Maria thinks of guns as the “Devils work” this means it is made the devil and only the devil would use such a thing. Anne is also against the idea of guns and knows its cruelty and dangers we find this out when she says “Explain both halves not just the positives of the revolver” she knows that the gun is not just pleasant and knows it can kill! Mr Salisbury supports their opinion, when he meets Einar in the bar and sees him with a gun he responds by saying “Don’t bring a gun to a place like this or