Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Post History

50%
+0 −0
Q&A What kind of effect can the name of a place or character have on a reader?

My question is rather simple. In fact, it's in the title and requires almost no explanation. We can see throughout literature the use of names and title. For example in Of Mice and Men we can obse...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Daniel Cann‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:34:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/28448
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Daniel Cann‭ · 2019-12-08T06:34:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
My question is rather simple. In fact, it's in the title and requires almost no explanation.

We can see throughout literature the use of names and title. For example in _Of Mice and Men_ we can observe that in the duration of the novel Curly's Wife is **only** referred to as Curly's Wife, clearly showing his ownership of her as well as a few other things. There are other examples (many that I can think of right now are from _Of Mice and Men_.

* * *

- What can you achieve by naming your character in a way that implies a deeper meaning?

- What are good ways to do this?

- What will the readers response to this be? What kind of effect can it have on the reader if done well?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-06-03T12:01:03Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 5