Bachelder

Chris Bachelder uses Bear v Shark to demonstrate how culture has changed. He specifically SOAPStone based on how books should be nowadays, and not based on how they are currently set up.

What is the Subject? Is there really only one, or is there actually no main point?

Occasion? Well, for starters, the culture of the modern era; the whizzing clips of news and information that pile up in our minds in a trash heap until it collectively rots away at the core of our individualty, which is demonstrated in the novel.

Audience? The audience is us, and anyone who has catchy commercial jingles stuck in their head or has witnessed a phonecall from a telemarketer.

Purpose? As entertaining as the book is, Bear v Shark screams at our faces that now even books are capable of pushing the limits to conform to the ritual of short, meaningless, and inevitably disposable information wrapped up in another pretty discourse vehicle that ships directly to our brains.

Speaker? The speaker is not of flesh, not of any living biomass; but it does keep us breathing peacefully at night and is our IV for daylight hours (it runs our lives). The speaker's name is Mr. Television, but you may call him Today's Media.

Tone? Everything is fast-paced; wild. Here's a distraction; no, there! And another commercial. How come there are more minutes of commercials than of one program? Why am i really watching this? And we have to live with this voice; this country bloated with megaphone-men/women. Every single day. That may only be Mr. Television's goal, but if it is he that runs our lives, his goal lives strong. Do we really want to listen to this trash heap, or do we finally want to bury this wasteland and start afresh?