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PD James  Aim: PD James was an English author from Aim: PD James was an English author born in Oxford England, and she has written numerous books and novels. The purpose of PD James’s writing is entertain her audience, and to fulfill her audience's needs. James’s books range from murder mysteries such as Cover Her Face, to fictional, futuristic books like Children Of Men. Her writing is also meant to influence the people, not just in writing, but in everyday life. In a biography about PD James it says “In the meantime, James had achieved her ambition of becoming a professional writer” ( PD James Biography ). James was really popular because of her ability to write books that were very interesting, that was her purpose, to make people get hooked on her books so that she could be a successful author. She wanted people to like her books, not only to make her famous, but also to influence them, that washer purpose as an author.

Audience: James’s books were mostly directed towards older audiences, and people interested in mystery and futuristic what if books. The reason why she writes to these people is because she figured that this audience would be the easiest for her to write to also, because this audience would be the ones to appeal most to her writing. The secondary audience would be people in high school, people who are not going to read her books because they want to, but because they have to. According to BBC “The modern detective story has moved away from the earlier crudities and simplicities” ( British Council ). This quote talks about how the modern mystery novels moved away from the older crudities and simplicities, which means that the audience that is going to read her books are going to be the people who like the older mystery books. They are going to be the people who are not going to be apart of the modern culture and the modern stories. That is why the audience is not going to be the young teenage kids, it is going to be the older people.

Historical: James in some of her well know books relates her fictional stories to things that have happened before, or things that might happen. The reason why this might connect with her audience is because her audience might be reading her book and think about the actual event that happened, this might make the reader feel like they have a connection with the author. When the reader is reading one of her books, they will think of the event that actually happened and have a moment when their brain clicks and they feel as if they have to continue to read the book. Bio. says “...introduced the character of Adam Dalgliesh, a detective with a calm, introspective manner and a talent for writing poetry” ( Bio. PD James Biography ). That example may remind people of Sherlock Holmes in a way, or some other detective that has solved a big case and gotten famous from it. When the author does this, she is wanting to audience to feel like they are connected to her, because when the audience feels a connection, then they will continue reading your books. That is how PD James makes connections with the audience.

Cultural: In PD James’s books, she makes them fiction, but also bases them off of real events. She connects with the culture of her time period by realizing what people want, then she writes about it. Her mystery books were written kind of in the same time period of when Charles Lindbergh’s son was kidnapped. Her books are based on a detective and the people who would be reading her books would be people who grew up during the time when the kidnapping was the biggest crime ever, and people might make the connection that the detective in James’s books was the detective of Charles Lindbergh’s baby kidnapping. Bio. says “Many of them were set in enclosed communities, illuminating the tensions and violence that can erupt amongst tightly knit groups of people” ( Bio. PD James Biography ). This sounds like what Charles was feeling when his son was kidnapped, he had a lot of violence and tension. Even though James’s books were fiction, they were based on actual things that have happened. She connects to the culture by using events and things that people like, and she writes about them.

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