'“Hunter in the Dark” by Monica Hughes Essay\r'

'Monica Hughes, a truly talented rawist, has written a first class bulk titled Hunter in the Dark. I chose this captivating novel, which was published in 1982 because I have vastly enjoyed some of her other works. After reading the preview, I expected that the story would give me a greater appreciation for life, since it focused on a male child’s struggle with leukemia, and how he overcame it.\r\nHughes uses theme to roam a well-developed plot by using her incomparable style of writing. Sixteen-year-old Mike Rankin is preparing for a hunting trip, with his outdo friend Doug O’Reilly, that he has been planning and hold for all year. He is sent to the hospital for treatment, as a result, he misses the hunting trip. Mike’s parents refuses to tell him about his unsoundness for fear of annoyance his feelings, and he had to discover that he has leukemia by tracking down his symptoms and treatments at the library. He becomes angry that his parents hid his s ickness from him and wants to discontinue his treatment due to the fact that he feels that he doesn’t have anything to live for. He thinks about how nice it would be if he could go hunting and decides that he wants to go hunting matchless last time before he dies.\r\nWith Doug’s facilitate, he plans a solo-hunting trip, and prepares mentally and physically for what he could encounter in the bush. He leaves his protective foretoken and drives into the bush. After numerous days, Mike tracks down a massive whitetail buck and prepares to fire his run short when he suddenly has a flashback to when he was equable in the hospital. He remembers when the nurse clipped a plastic tag, a badge of slavery, around his wrist, and he wonders with despair when it would be cut off. He complete he wasn’t running away to go hunting, he was running away so that he could forget about his sickness and pretends that everything was fine. He maxim his life through new eyes. Mike lo wers his exit and prepares to head back home. The following passage from the novel illustrates the spring’s descriptive style of writing.\r\nâ€Å"The pickup was there, just where Doug had parked it. Mike had had an irrational clip of fear that somehow it might have vanished overnight. precisely there it was, tan-coloured, squared and business-like, sparkling with frost infra the blue lights.” You can tell that Hughes has a descriptive style of writing because this passage is loaded with adjectives and similes. close to examples are: tan-coloured, squared and business-like and blue lights. These descriptive elements help form a picture of the pickup in the reader’s mind.\r\nMonica Hughes has written a grand novel, which I couldn’t put down. Hunter in the Dark has a fast paced plot that flowed from resultant to event. This, along with the suspenseful situations she created, impelled me to continue reading. The characters were obscure and seemed a s if they were real, due to the fact that their reactions and how they act were realistic. Also, the author used vivid details to form a clear picture of every scene in the reader’s mind. This book deserves to stay on the reading list because it is an outstanding novel.\r\n'