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Yann Martel: Cooper Needle

What is the purpose of Martel’s writing?

The purpose of Yann Martel’s writing is to talk about current and severe political and religious issues. He argues in an interview, “ talking and writing about such heady issues as, well, the meaning of life”(Writer’s Digest). Martel writes about these issues and tries to get across the meaning of life. His purpose goes much deeper than just to entertain. He tries to teach his audience lessons while entertaining.

Who is the primary audience of Martel’s writing?

Yann Martel’s audience in his writing is people who love a good story and can understand his points on religious issues/political issues. His tries to understand and connect to the audience and he says, “ I started paying attention to what was around me, trying to absorb Indianness somehow”(Martel). He tries to understand his audience by trying to understand the cultures and the issues. In his writing he makes the audience want to learn about issues in the world by entertaining them.

How do historical, or political events influence the relationship between Yann Martel and audience?

Yann Martel is heavily influenced by horrible historical, religious, and political events. He argues that he is,” writing about such heady issues as”(Writer’s Digest). He gets to know the biggest and worst issues in the world and them writes about them. His writing he says is writing about today’s biggest issues. He gets to know what readers want to hear about and he makes them into interesting stories that not only entertains but informs.

How does Yann Martel affect modern society?

Yann Martel affects society in a great and powerful way by bringing up the biggest political and religious issues. He argues,  “ And the point of that is to ask, Listen, people, do we want”(Writer’s Digest). Yann Martel does affect society greatly by saying what they want to hear. He writes about the pressing issues and makes them more interesting. He changes people’s perspective on those issues and uses his persuasion to do so. Yann Martel knows his audience and what they want to hear, so he uses his persuasion to influence our vulnerable society.

Work cited:

[|__http://www.straight.com/life/life-pi-author-yann-martel-compares-writing-novel-building-cathedral__]

[|__www.writersdigest.com/writing...writing...writing/yann-m…__]