Literary Aspects

Per Peterson uses many literary aspects in his writing. The most commonly used literary aspect in the novel is imagery. The novel is told through Trond Sander's flashbacks. Since the novel takes place in the countryside of Norway I believe that the description of the setting needs to be done in an extraordinary way. Per Peterson does a nice job describing things thouroughly but not to the point where I am getting beaten by a barrage of random useless descriptions. Here is a description of the river after a night's rain "The water flowed more swiftly now after the drenching rain, running higher up the boulders along the banks, and it swelled and rocked with a faint shine of silver, I could see it from some way off, and the sound of the river was the only sound I heard" (100-101). As shown by the quote above, Per Peterson only adds what descriptions are needed, and his passages flow brilliantly. I believe that without imagery this book would be a missing out on so much. This is because if a book is written about the natural areas of Norway the nature must be described. I believe that Per Peterson does this excellently.