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KES Vs NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
In this piece of coursework that I have been given, it is my task to discuss the similarities and differences between the two extracts from Nicholas Nickleby and Kestrel for a Knave. ... 1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth, wrote Nicholas Nickleby, this novel was set in the 19th century; it was set in the county of Yorkshire. The story is about Nicholas Nickleby who is hoping to provide support for his mother and sister after the death of his father Nicholas turns to his Uncle Ralph for assistance. Ralph wants nothing to do with his late brothers family and feigns to help Nicholas by securing a position as assistant master at the Dotheboys Hall School in Yorkshire run by unscrupulous Wackford Squeers. Nicholas soon becomes disgusted with Squeers treatment of his pupils and leaves, giving Squeers a sound thrashing and liberating Smike, whom Squeers has mistreated for years. Nicholas and Smike move in with Newman Noggs in London and then travel to Portsmouth where they take up acting in Crummles Stage Company. On hearing of the mistreatment of his sister at the hands of his uncle, Nicholas and Smike return to London. Nicholas secures employment with the philanthropic Cheeryble brothers and later marries Madeline Bray whom he has helped rescue from the evil designs of Ralph and Arthur Gride.
A Kestrel for a Knave was written in 1968 by a man named Barry Hines. ... A Kestrel For A Knave is about a young boy (Billy Casper) who becomes attached to a wild Kestrel (KES); Billy captures this Kestrel and teaches it all the tricks a bird of its kind should be able to do. ...
Nicholas Nickleby was written in chapters and in serial form, at the time this was a very popular way for an author to write his/hers book(s) because unless your pockets were bursting with money you wouldn’t of been able to publish your book straight away into a novel. Mr Dickens published Nickleby in serial form for a magazine known as ‘Household Words’. ... It took a full year for Nickleby to be fully published (1838 – 1839), and when the story was at its peak Household Words became more popular than most newspapers such as the London’s Times
Where as KES was written in a succession of flash backs, this was because Barry Hines was trying to portrait the typical day of Billy Casper (the main character). ... His style of languages are somewhat different than other books, for example in his book A Kestrel For A Knave he has Yorkshire accent within it. ...
Nickleby differs to KES in the style of writing, because Dickens uses extremely long paragraphs and sentences he did this because Household Words paid him lots money for every word he wrote.
Approximate Word count = 2317
Approximate Pages = 9.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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