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Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano

5 Pages 1368 Words December 2014

?1. How would you define Roberto Saviano’s writing style?
His writing style consists of similes and metaphors to express the vivid imagery of his story. Saviano uses these literary techniques because he feels that he is unable to communicate his experiences in everyday prose. Furthermore, Saviano wrote his story in this style to provide graphic, yet realistic descriptions of people, life, and feelings in order to force the reader’s appreciation of the reality that is the havoc and devastation wreaked on the world by the Camorra.  This was a way to convey his anger and frustration on what is currently corrupt in Italy. Lastly, I think Saviano used this writing style because he wanted to illustrate the story of the Camorra as realistically and graphically as possible in order to prompt such an emotional reaction by the reader. Saviano’s style caused the book to have a remorseless hold on my attention, incapacitating my ability to stop reading.  I experienced a constant wave of cyclical emotions when I read Gomorrah, including anger, confusion, and sadness, causing my stomach to twist and my eyes to open wide.  Sometimes I felt moved by his writing, but often I felt disturbed by the images it illustrated. For example, “The cport is an open wound” (Gomorrah 4).
“Ships enter the gulf and come to the dock like babies to the breast” (Gomorrah 4).
Using extended metaphors, Saviano is trying to make a point that the port of Naples is a central hub to mass imports and exports and how this is polluting the beauty of the port.

2. Please compare and contrast the movie Gomorrah to one or two American movies dealing with Italian organized crime.
This movie made the Godfather look like a care-bear mafia. The Godfather depicted more romantic violence, and not very significant or graphic.  The violence depicted in Gomorrah, however, is significantly more frequent and graphic. Also, in the Godfather, all of the Mafia members dressed ...

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