Readers are attracted to moments of intensity in a writer’s work. By what means and with what effect have writers in your study offered heightened emotional moments designed to arrest the reader’s attention?
Sophocles creates a mystery with Oedipus and his complex prophecy. He draws the reader in with high tension and suspense. Oedipus' rage and self-destructive anger prove to be an interesting characteristic that attracts readers. They want to keep solving the mystery and following the anger displaced by Oedipus' frustration. Sophocles ultimately hooks and carries the reader through the story because of double meaning, foreshadowing, and tension. Through inferring and close attention to detail, readers will understand the elevating situation and predict accurately the outcome. It is this knowledge of what is going to happen when the character doesn't that creates the suspense. Sophocles plays off of that suspense and directs it into the storyline. The suspense of discovery ultimately leads to the unraveling of Oedipus. His lack of fathom prevents him from comprehending the information that the prophecies predicted. The pattern with effective writing is that in order to connect a reader to the story they are reading is to impact them emotionally. When someone is depressed, we extend a sympathetic hand. When someone is joyful, we celebrate with them. When someone is angry, we watch in astonishment the destructive force they become. Whether fiction or not, humans relate to characters just the same way they would with real people. Intense emotion is the key to drawing in a reader and compelling them to continue reading. Books like "The Stranger" lack this intense emotional connection, leading toward a dry, boring book that many people consider distasteful.
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