Alias Grace essays

Alias Grace essays ALIAS GRACE BY MARGATET ATWOOD The book, Alias Grace, is the very first book I read in a long, long time. When I saw that it was 550 pages, I was thinking, How on earth will I ever be able to read this book in a month! It didnt really help me much reading the back cover and seeing that it was about a girl. Typical girly book I thought! However, the mention of a crime made me interested. I like the way that the author starts out the first chapter as the scene of the murder, and how every chapter in the books leads to this murder. The newspaper clippings were interesting too. I didnt know that this was a true story, so reading those excerpts made me more interested in the book. Margaret Atwood wrote the book in a style that anyone would be able to read, there wasnt any old English and the book was let me get to know the character better. The book changed in the narrative form, every so often throughout the book. When Grace is talking to Dr. Jordan, you get the first person experience, such as, Today Dr. Jordan looks more disarranged than usual, as if he has something on his mind; he does not seem to know quite how to begin. Then you get the third person narrative, It is kind of you to spare me the time says Simon. Each chapter has a title that is mentioned in the chapter, an example would be: Pandoras Box. You have no clue what it is about until you read the chapter. I liked that there were many characters involved in this story, you had the doctors mother who would write letters, Revered Viringerr who wanted to help Grace get out, and a cast of others. I think that this book has the perfect opportunity to be a blockbuster movie. I never knew what would happen next, there was suspense when Grace and James crossed over to the US and thought they were safe, until the police caught them. All over the world there are many chi...