I'm pretty sure it's horrible, but here we go :)
"“Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.”
Focusing on one of these demands for the writing of fiction, show how it emerges as a significant factor in creating interest in two or three works you have studied."
In both "Crime and Punishment" by Igor D. and "The Wars" by Timothy Findly, the secretive behavior of the characters as well as their mental state of mind make other characters in these novels wait. When this event that the other characters are waiting for occurs, we are introduced to a shift in plot. In "Crime and Punishment" by Igor D., Raskolnikov alludes to killing the pawn broker and when he finally commits to confessing, he gets sent away. Before confessing, Raskolnikov is very pretentious acting as a very generous individual, making the reader ever wonder if he will confess to his crime. In "The Wars" by Timothy Findly, young Lady Juliet d'Orsey awaits for the love of Captain Robert Ross however, due to the difference in age and the fact that he is going out with her sister also makes her wait for a response to see if the love that she shares for him, is in fact mutual. By making other characters wait in both these books, the author creates an element of surprise for the reader but when the waiting is over, the author introduces a change in plot.
In Igor D's "Crime and Punishment" we are introduced to Raskolnikov, the main protagonist who is viewed as secretive, but this element of his character is contrasted with his very generous behavior. After killing the pawn broker and her sister, Raskolnikov's character shifts as we see his more secretive side, eventually bringing his downfall. Raskolnikov's behavior eventually makes him a prime suspect but in order to run from the law, Raskolnikov keeps buying his dead friend's wife and daughter gifts and gives them money hoping that he will not only allow the authorities to perceive him as a good person, but to help himself stay out of exile and jail. By showing this side, Raskolnikov makes the authorities wait to find out who the real killer was. It is only until he confesses to Sonya and Dunya that he will go and turn himself in does he actually do so. Before turning himself in, he panics and almost flees but the sight of Sonya once again, helps him understand why he is doing this. This element of fear and guilt creates interest in the story "Crime and Punishment" because if it wasn't for this love that he shares for Sonya, Raskolnikov may have gotten away with a crime that he committed.
In "The Wars" by Timothy Findley, young Lady Juliet d'Orsey creates suspense while Robert Ross makes her wait to find out if the feelings she shares for him are truly mutual. This creates suspense because Robert Ross eventually goes out with her sister and because of this, she looses her chance. While Robert Ross is going through two wars, the physical war outside in Germany, Lady Juliet d'Orsey too is going through two wars; having to face the life she is living while internally realize that she loves a man who does not return the feelings she shares for him. This makes the reader wonder what would happen if she never broke up her sister with her old boyfriend? This is a significant factor in creating interest to this book because unlike Crime and Punishment where the waited truths turn the plot once revealed, this secrecy causes more pain in the internal conflict of both Robert Ross and Lady Juliet d'Orsey because Lady Juliet d'Orsey must live knowing that she has always loved Robert Ross and she was the cause to the unrequited love, whereas Robert Ross dies not knowing the true love that Lady Juliet d'Orsey shared for him but he ends up dying not feeling love like he once had before his sister died shortly before he joined the army.
In both books, secrecy plays a big impact in creating a great plot. In "Crime and Punishment" by Igor D., Raskolnikov makes the authroities wait to find out who the killer of Aloyna was, but due to his passion and love for Sonya, he finally confesses which changes the plot of the story. In "The Wars" by Timothy Findley, the exact opposite happens. Lady Juliet d'Orsey must live knowing that she never let Robert Ross know about her true feelings for him, whereas Robert Ross died feeling the pain of only loosing love as he never knew that someone truly loved him.
