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A 3 page essay that discusses Richards' narrative writing style in his novel Nights Below Station Street. The writer argues that Richards' story reads more like a screenplay for a movie rather than a traditional novel. The reader takes the role of the camera, seeing the action from a detached point of view. This detached viewpoint emphasizes the overall tone of the work, which is one of alienation, resignation and struggle. No additional sources cited.
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traditional fiction. In other words, Richards story reads more like a screenplay for a movie rather than a traditional novel. The reader takes the role of the camera, seeing the
action from a detached point of view. This detached viewpoint emphasizes the overall tone of the work, which is one of alienation, resignation and struggle. The novel begins with
a description of the Walsh family on Christmas in 1972. Richards chooses a few details to "set the stage," so to speak, stating the time in which the action takes
place, that there is a "spruce tree" against the "pine-board wall" of the living room, and that the house was "below Station Street" (7). Rather than showing the reader
the Walsh family interacting on Christmas day, Richards tells the reader about Adeles assertion that she never gets anything for Christmas and how she argued with her father, rather
than showing and describing the argument in detail. It is as if the writer is offering a description of what he "sees" as the elements that should be contained within
the visual action of a film. As this suggests, the narrative does not take the viewpoint of any one particular character. Rather, like a camera, the viewpoint is omniscient,
first telling the reader the reactions of one character, and then another. For example, the writer tells the reader about Ritas fear that she will do or say something that
will cause Joe, her husband, to start drinking again, but then, in the next paragraph, there is a description of Adeles boredom and depression (8). Adele is the oldest
of the Walsh daughters and the beginning of the novel describes her extreme alienation. One can surmise that Adele is reacting to her fathers alcoholism, but, Richards does not state
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