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Definition of Tone
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. For instance... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical... read full definition
Tone
Explanation and Analysis:
In The Good Soldier the narrative tone is set entirely by Ford’s unreliable first-person speaker, John Dowell. The perspective of the novel is told from John's viewpoint for its entire progression. His biased view of events colors the reader's view of all of its happenings and presents them with a limited set of facts. This, combined with the novel's nonlinear structure, can often feel frustrating for the reader, especially because the novel's attitude towards the things it's describing seems to shift and change depending on the mood of the narrator.
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