Every Good Boy by David Nicholls | Analysis

Her er Studienets tilbundsgående analysehjælp til novellen "Every Good Boy" af David Nicholls. Novellen var en del af eksamensspørgsmålet til skriftlig Engelsk B på STX fra 4. december 2012. I denne webbog hjælper vi dig med at besvare opgaveformuleringen, som lyder således:

Write an essay (700-1000 words) in which you analyse and interpret David Nicholls’ short story “Every Good Boy”. Your essay must include the following points:

the main theme
a characterization of the narrator
the role of the piano
the ending

Text

David Nicholls, “Every Good Boy”, 2011

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “Every Good Boy”
Forfatter: David Nicholls
Udgivet i: The Guardian (avis)
Udgivelsesår: 2011
Genre: Short Story

David Nicholls (f. 1966) er en britisk forfatter, som både skriver romaner, noveller og drejebøger. Han begyndte sin karriere som skuespiller, men blev hurtigt fascineret af at skrive. Nicholls seneste bidrag er filmen "Bridget Jones' Baby", som ventes at få premiere i efteråret 2016.

Uddrag

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Title

The title of the short story is an allusion to the phrase “Every Good Boy Does Fine”, which is usually used to teach music students the musical clefs (keys) and the corresponding notes. For readers in the English-speaking world, the title is quite clear, announcing that the story is most likely going to involve a plot about somebody learning to play music. Non-native readers, however, might not know that the title is an allusion and simply assume the story is about a boy character.