literary aspects

In Out Stealing Horses there Per Petterson uses many literary aspects to help enhance the novel and make it more interesting. I believe that the most important of these literary aspects is the usage of imagery. I think that imagery is very important because it helps the reader paint a picture in their head and aids the reader in getting more involved with the literature. Usually Petterson's way of writing is very literal and straight forward, there is not a lot of figurative language that is used. To spice up is writing Petterson uses senses to create a better image of the surroundings and the nature outdoors in the book. The way Trond describes his house and where he lives is very simple but it is easy to vividly imagine such a place in your mind. " There was a silence all around us. There had been days and nights of rain and wind and incessant roaring in the pines and the spruce, but now there was absolute stillness in the forest, not a shadow moving, and we stood still, my neighbour and I, staring into the dark, then I felt certain there was something behind me" (page 9). In this passage Trond is describing his surroundings which I can easily picture in my mind. It is his descriptive language like this that helps make the book even more enjoyable.