Views on society can be seen as interesting and are usually conveyed through a composer or characters distinctive voice. In the novel ‘The Life and Crime of Harry Lavender’ by Marele day and the well known speech my Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a dream’ both have explored the use of distinctive voices. In the novel by Marele Day, she introduces the audience to two important characters, Claudia Valentine and Harry Lavender, through both the characters unique voices this allows the Novel to be shaped into an interesting detective genre fiction. The speaker of the famous speech ‘I have a dream’ has a very strong and trustworthy voice as he connects with his audience and allows them to feel apart of the speech instead of only the people listening.
In the novel ‘The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender’, Day introduces the protagonist of the novel, Claudia Valentine. Throughout the novel we learn that Valentine acquires two Distinctive voices, a public and a private voice. She is seen as a female version of a traditional 40’s tough talking detective that expresses a formal voice towards the people she meets due to her job. This public voice that we are shown through her profession shows her commitment and her passion for her job. Within the novel Mrs. O’Toole asks Claudia if she would like to stay for a cup of tea, Valentine then replies saying ‘No, perhaps some other time. Thank you, goodbye.’ Through the use of her Stream of consciousness we are shown her Public voice and her professionalism towards the people she interviews, Valentine knows how to complete her job properly. Although later on in the novel when the character Steve Angell is introduced we learn of a different side of Claudia Valentine, a more privatized voice. Her feelings and thoughts are widely portrayed by Day whilst Valentine is with Angell. Through the idiom used when Valentine states ‘I didn’t feel like going home and licking my wounds alone.’ This demonstrates to the reader that she feels very comfortable with Steve Angell and does not feel the need to not be her true self even when she is not in the best of states. During the novel we are exposed to the two Distinctive voices of Claudia Valentine that form the text into the thrilling detective genre fiction it is and that shows her views on the aspects of society.
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Harry Lavender is another important character in the novel who is known as the Villain. Day demonstrates through the novel the different Distinctive voices that Lavender possesses. Technology is a theme well displayed within the novel and is also a great aspect of Lavender’s life and Crimes. Without the technology he would not be able to commit the crimes he does and also would not have been able to obtain the power he had. In one of his own monologues and the extended metaphor he states ‘I have extracted more gold from the electronic revolution than from euphoric flowers of Asia’ this statement really shows Lavender’s need for technology and also how much of a part it has played in his life. Also through the portrayal of Harry Lavenders distinctive voice the audience learns of his great amount of control over the city. Without the control Lavender maintains over the city his unique voice would not be as strong. Through the use of emotive language when Lavender says ‘I stand on top of my city and see the shape of the future’ this clearly shows him placing himself in a controlling role and shows his confident and powerful tone towards his city. These aspects of Lavender’s life and crimes help shape his personal voice, interest the reader and also show his power over the society he live within.
The well known speech by Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a dream’ depicts the passion and the aim to strive towards peace. King Jr is presented to have a very strong and passionate tone that allows the listeners to feel as if he is speaking with them instead of at them. It is believed that King Jr ditched the script for his speech to allow him to connect more with his audience. When he states ‘go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.’ With the use of descriptive language used by King Jr, his understanding knowledge and similarity towards the audience is shown and with the use of ‘our’ allows the audience to feel understood by him. Also another aspect of Martin Luther King Jr’s distinctive voice is his ability to be persuasive and powerful towards his audience. The use of imagery and also repetition within the statement ‘let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania…’ this allows the listener to believe king Jr was a smart man who knew what he was fighting for. It demonstrates to the audience that his aims were to create peace between the black and white people and to abolish racism.
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Martin Luther King Jr. writes the Clergymen that have written him a letter disputing his actions in Birmingham. King is disturbed and offended by the Clergymen disagreeing with his purpose in Birmingham. King say he normally does not respond to criticism because it would waste to much precious time, but since these were men of good will he wanted to give his answers to their statements. In Kings ...
In conclusion in the novel ‘The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender’, the composer Marele day effectively demonstrates her view on society through the use of her main Character’s Claudia Valentine the protagonist and Harry Lavender the villain through the various techniques within the novel. As well in a similar way famous speaker Martin Luther King Jr discusses his personal view on society and through the various techniques he has shown within his speech he adequately shows his passion for peace in the world he lived in and the world we live in today. Both composer views on society have been portrayed to the audience in interesting ways through the distinctive voices shown in the novel and speech.
