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How does Swindells effectively create and integrate the characters of Link and Shelter into his novel "Stone Cold".
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Lizzie Gilthorpe How does Swindells effectively create and integrate the characters of Link and Shelter into his novel "Stone Cold" Link and Shelter are the two main characters in Swindells novel, "Stone Cold". They represent two extremes and their characterisation is shaped by Swindells use of language, imagery and by the atmosphere of the novel. The plot of "Stone Cold" involves the gradual integration of these two extremes that eventually collide in a dramatic ending. Swindells starts the novel using a direct and formal introduction to his character, "You can call me Link." By characterisation and tone Swindells then expands and gradually supplies the reader with more information, "It's not my name, but its what I say when anybody asks. Which isn't often." The tone is sarcastic and the character appears fed up with the route his life has taken, and as we read on reasons appear for this attitude. Link is our first...
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