Tone is the author's attitude toward the subject or audience of a piece of writing.
Your behavior while attending church is different from your behavior while hanging out in the back yard with friends, or at least we hope it is. And part of that difference is the difference in language, a difference not just in the words we use but in what we call tone. We also recall being told, when we were very young, not to "use that tone of voice with me, Mister (or Missy, as the case may be)!" Just as the pitch and volume of one's voice carry a difference in tone from street to church, the choice of words and the way we put our sentences together convey a sense of tone in our writing. The tone, in turn, conveys our attitude toward our audience and our subject matter. Are we being frivolous or serious, casual or formal, sweet or stuffy? The choice of a single word can change the tone of a paragraph, even an entire essay. In the first sentence of this paragraph, for example, the phrasal verb "hanging out" is considerably more casual than others we might have chosen: gathering, congregating, assembling.
How would you describe the author's tone? the director's? Are they objective/unbiased or subjective/biased? Explain.
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pd.5
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Boratha Tan
Period 5
The tone the author has can be best explained as empathetic. He understands Chris's situation, and he understands why Chris chose to find himself and run away towards independence. The author is unbiased because he could not write about Chris's viewpoint, as he was dead.
The director's tone can be viewed as surprised. The movie shows the viewpoints of Chris and the people he met throughout his journey. The director includes Chris's incredible journey through Mexico, into California and then Alaska. The director is objective because he the movie exemplifies Chris's accomplishments more than his failures (with the exception of his death).
Sierra Adams
Period # 5
The authors tone is understanding. The author trys to identify with Chris' problems. The author isn't biased; he never critizes or praises any of Chris' actions.
The directors tone is more of a dramatic tone. The director takes everything in the book and portrays it in the most extreme way he can. The director is biased because he portrays Chris' parents as the reason Chris decieded to flee the life he had. The director showed the parents as always fighting.
Kiara Melendez
Period: 5
I would describe the author's tone as neutral. Jon Krakauer comes off as if he realizes the reasons to why Chris would want to be free from society and his parents. However, he also includes others such as Gene Rosellini and Carl McCunn who made reckless decisions just like Chris had. So I think the author compared Chris to these two others who failed on their journeys, to point out that he should have known going out into the wild unprepared could cost him his life. He isn't biased, even though he included harsh opinions others had on Chris he didn't give his own opinion.
The director's tone is critical allowing us to see moments where Chris felt guilty and hopeless. For example he had met a married couple who had a son and hadn't seen him in 2 years. In the movie he begins to tear up realizing what pain he might have caused his mother. Another scene shows us how he killed a moose but didn't prepare it fast enough, so this whole process was pointless. The director is unbiased because there are scenes where people try to inform Chris that he's a smart kid and shouldn't risk his life on his trip to Alaska.
Marissa Pinder
Pd:7
I believe the author's tone in the story is reverent. The author in no way disrespects the legacy left behind of Chris McCandless. He makes no harsh critisms or judgement nor does he take apart the true story of this man's life and manipulate it into something that is simple entertainment.
I believe the director's tone is fanciful in a way that he/she as a person must have a opened sense to imagination to bring to life a story based around a story of a deceased man and the parts of his life.
Ryana Harrison
period 7
The tone of the author can be addressed as perceivable.The author knew exactly how Chris was feeling so it gave him the opportunity to relate to Chris. Even though he was able to relate o him it was still difficult making the author unbiased.
The director's tone is more of a twist because what he does is take different parts of the book and put it in different orders to show the people Chris met during his journey the director also flashes to parts where Chris' sister Carine is the narrator and she is explaining everything about her parents and they feelings about Chris's disappearance.
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