An Interesting Book...
Hey Guys, how's it going?
Today we're checking out a book that defies the modern style of writing a novel, and embraces the rebellious, savage nature that classic writers used to create the novels that you read in English and History class. Thanks to Joss(the author) for sending this book over, let's take a look.
The story revolves around a man named Yew Shokdin. We follow him from his 6th birthday, the first time he hears "The Egot", to his adulthood.
Throughout the story we see Yew battle the Egot and it's temptations along his life. It all begins when his teacher mentions one word, savage.
That makes him go absolutely crazy! Jumping over and on desks, ripping out his hair, and such. Unfortunately for Yew, this is not the last occurrence. He has more of these incidents, which leads to many professionals recommending therapy, and such. He finally realizes that this is enough and The Egot has got to stop. We fast forward to Yew as an adult, he's been living fine without The Egot, but the savage inside him wants to make another appearance.
The book looks modern, with the bright, "cartoony but detailed" style of cover that Joss's other book also embrace.
The struggles happening in this book, at least to me, reflect puberty. In puberty you go through many changes, often extremely confusing, and you feel strong urges. This reflects what Yew is going through, he feels strong urges(from The Egot) to do things that are, savage. Yew is confused on whether to succumb to society's norms or be his own, savage inside-self. I think that this book is reminiscent of a boy going through puberty, or puberty-like, things at a young age; that stick with him through adulthood. On top of all this, we also have The Egot. Telling him all of this and orchestrating all of these urges and changes in the form of a furry, red creature. This represents the imaginary friend or friends that many of us have had in our early childhood, and the term "voices in your head".
All in all, "The Little Voice" is a book that covers many aspects of social life, being different, being weird, philosophical concepts, things like puberty, and many other concepts, in a fun, amusing tale that was brilliantly spun by Joss. This is a book that I would love to read for English class as it invokes the classic, philosophical nature of classic literature. Shoutout to Joss, I like it.
Thanks for reading everyone, see you next time!
