Authors Craft
Genre is the category of the subject the book is about. The genre in out of the dust is a biography, because it is based on real people and real events. Some examples of why the genre is a biography is that the author of the book used real events and real people in the Dust Bowl.
The novel "Out of the Dust" is organized in poem form. This style of writing the author used to write her novel is unusual because when the book described Billie Jo playing piano the page looked like piano keys if you flip the book sideways. A free verse is a poem that does not rhyme. The way the authors craft and structure play a role in the format of the book is that, the way the author writes and structures the book is important and helps the readers visualize what is happening in the book. Yes this format does help me as a reader to get into the story and understand the character, because the sentences are all structured in a short poem format which makes the reader wonder what happens next. The point of view of the novel is first person. The novel would have been different if the father narrated it, because the father would mainly talk about how he had to support his family during the Dust Bowl and set out looking for Billie Jo when she ran away, also the father did not go through enough events Billie Jo went through.
The novel "Out of the Dust" is organized in poem form. This style of writing the author used to write her novel is unusual because when the book described Billie Jo playing piano the page looked like piano keys if you flip the book sideways. A free verse is a poem that does not rhyme. The way the authors craft and structure play a role in the format of the book is that, the way the author writes and structures the book is important and helps the readers visualize what is happening in the book. Yes this format does help me as a reader to get into the story and understand the character, because the sentences are all structured in a short poem format which makes the reader wonder what happens next. The point of view of the novel is first person. The novel would have been different if the father narrated it, because the father would mainly talk about how he had to support his family during the Dust Bowl and set out looking for Billie Jo when she ran away, also the father did not go through enough events Billie Jo went through.