In the novel of broken monsters we see a series of characters portraying different kinds of artistry in hopes of captivating an audience. Our Author Lauren Beukes a South African writer, does a fantastic job describing each individual character and how they desire to captivate an audience. Beukes has a fascinating manner in which she delivers her divers themes of supernatural mystery, thematic creepiness and distinctive characterization throughout the text. When incorporating these three essential themes she produces an infectious story which we her audience will all be drawn to. Just like Beukes main characters and there multiple attempts to captivate their own audience in which most thrive in doing so.
One primary example in reference to the theme of seeking an audience is our protagonist Clayton Broom. Clayton is a mysteriously demented character with all the wrong intentions when it comes to personifying his artistry which consist of human body parts combined with wild animals like deer’s and birds. Clayton creates a horrifying taxidermy abomination to the public eye, but he perceives it as a masterpiece beautiful and mystical that everyone must witness.
This is Clayton’s version of art which he tries to bestow on other individuals like Jonno Haim for instance, another character in this story who is also seeking praise and admiration who is currently a mediocre journalist. Until he finds “The next big thing” he is willing to do whatever it takes to reach super-stardom. Clayton and Jonno share some similar quality’s mentally, especially the fact they both share identical ambitious pursuits with a reoccurring theme of “The Dream” an imperative topic shared throughout the story. I will first begin on presenting my argument on how Clayton broom attempts to captivate his own audience. Clayton has a most unorthodox manner when trying to please a crowed using methods that are viewed as less appealing to a sane person. In this I speak of his abominations he creates and leaves in a public location for the world to see. That is actually how this novel begins with Detective Gabriella Versado our main protagonist in the story, as she’s reporting to the murder scean where Claytons “masterpiece” is located. Bewildered and disgusted by the horrific sighting of the half African-American boy fused with the half end of a deer, Det. Versado immediately tries to contain the viral spread of this horrific sighting. This was her method of analyzing her situation and getting into the mind of sinister criminal Clayton Broom. She then eventually debriefs other potential witnesses and suspects and tries to sabotage his plot to captivate an audience. Det. Versado gets so intertwined with her case she loses sight of her own daughter little detective Layla Versado another prominent protagonist in this novel and one of my favorite characters throughout the novel. I admire Layla because of her consistent attempts to impress her mother and play the role of a detective despite her lack of training and physical build being only a teenager with her sidekick Cas. Although her audience doesn’t consist of many people she wants to impress her mother and show her that she could catch her own criminal just like her mother. As Layla begins to venture off into her own criminal investigation, following in the footsteps of her mother. She finds her niche at catch her own criminals, growing a passion as she and her friend Cas experiment with pedophiles. Creating and falsely impersonating a young 12 year old girl on social media named Susielee, is their primary tool to captucher their own pedophile. Aware of the all the possible dangers this foolish game there attempting to play could bring, they are reluctant to divert from there plan to apprehend and incarcerate there criminal. Due to Layla’s motivation …show more content…
“Gabi has no way of knowing that she 's dealing with something more than human, and the case consumes her, even as it alienates her from her conflicted teenage daughter, Layla. Meanwhile, Jonno Haim is looking for the next big story, and the Detroit Monster may be his ticket to the spotlight.” This quote is revealing to us how the two characters Jonno and Layla will be utilized throughout the paper to help describe what each character is trying to display throughout the
One primary example in reference to the theme of seeking an audience is our protagonist Clayton Broom. Clayton is a mysteriously demented character with all the wrong intentions when it comes to personifying his artistry which consist of human body parts combined with wild animals like deer’s and birds. Clayton creates a horrifying taxidermy abomination to the public eye, but he perceives it as a masterpiece beautiful and mystical that everyone must witness.
This is Clayton’s version of art which he tries to bestow on other individuals like Jonno Haim for instance, another character in this story who is also seeking praise and admiration who is currently a mediocre journalist. Until he finds “The next big thing” he is willing to do whatever it takes to reach super-stardom. Clayton and Jonno share some similar quality’s mentally, especially the fact they both share identical ambitious pursuits with a reoccurring theme of “The Dream” an imperative topic shared throughout the story. I will first begin on presenting my argument on how Clayton broom attempts to captivate his own audience. Clayton has a most unorthodox manner when trying to please a crowed using methods that are viewed as less appealing to a sane person. In this I speak of his abominations he creates and leaves in a public location for the world to see. That is actually how this novel begins with Detective Gabriella Versado our main protagonist in the story, as she’s reporting to the murder scean where Claytons “masterpiece” is located. Bewildered and disgusted by the horrific sighting of the half African-American boy fused with the half end of a deer, Det. Versado immediately tries to contain the viral spread of this horrific sighting. This was her method of analyzing her situation and getting into the mind of sinister criminal Clayton Broom. She then eventually debriefs other potential witnesses and suspects and tries to sabotage his plot to captivate an audience. Det. Versado gets so intertwined with her case she loses sight of her own daughter little detective Layla Versado another prominent protagonist in this novel and one of my favorite characters throughout the novel. I admire Layla because of her consistent attempts to impress her mother and play the role of a detective despite her lack of training and physical build being only a teenager with her sidekick Cas. Although her audience doesn’t consist of many people she wants to impress her mother and show her that she could catch her own criminal just like her mother. As Layla begins to venture off into her own criminal investigation, following in the footsteps of her mother. She finds her niche at catch her own criminals, growing a passion as she and her friend Cas experiment with pedophiles. Creating and falsely impersonating a young 12 year old girl on social media named Susielee, is their primary tool to captucher their own pedophile. Aware of the all the possible dangers this foolish game there attempting to play could bring, they are reluctant to divert from there plan to apprehend and incarcerate there criminal. Due to Layla’s motivation …show more content…
“Gabi has no way of knowing that she 's dealing with something more than human, and the case consumes her, even as it alienates her from her conflicted teenage daughter, Layla. Meanwhile, Jonno Haim is looking for the next big story, and the Detroit Monster may be his ticket to the spotlight.” This quote is revealing to us how the two characters Jonno and Layla will be utilized throughout the paper to help describe what each character is trying to display throughout the