Literature Analysis #1

On the book Yes Man by Danny Wallace1. Yes Man is about Daniel Wallace, and how he lived quite a redundant and boring life. He doesn't get out too often, and usually declines offers from friends for social outings, and usually likes to be alone. One day, he was riding on the bus, and a random stranger by him randomly says aloud, "Say yes more,", and all of a sudden, it was like an epiphany to him. He then decided to say "yes" more for one year, his year as a "Yes Man". Just because of that, him saying "yes", led to more wonderful opportunities. 

2. Well, I think the theme right here is pretty obvious, and the theme of the story here is what the random man on the bus said, and that is to say "yes" more. Reading all the opening opportunities for Daniel, and a couple life-changing things that has happened to Daniel, it can really inspire us to just say the simple word, "yes" more often. You'll never know what will happen.

3.The author's tone in the story is quite upbeat and happy, mainly due to his recent epiphany of what he heard on the bus. He seems quite enthusiastic when talking. Here are some examples:

"...sometimes when I'm excited and inspired, I tend to leap up stair, when should realize that I live on the fourth floor and such exertions do not become me."

"Suddenly, I wanted to do that. I wanted to paint a man's privates blue and handcuff him to buffet cars!"

(Reaction to an email simply saying "do you have an invention?")"I bristled in excitement. Now, technically, no, I didn't have an invention. I had no invention at all. But this tiny advert was an opportunity. An opportunity to try my hand at something new. I could invent something! Maybe that's why I was put here on Earth! To be an inventor!"

4. First off, one literary element right off the bat here is how Daniel is a dynamic character. He went from his non-outgoing lifestyle, but when saying "yes" more, he became quite a happier and enthusiastic man, and it showed. 

In the story, a few hyperboles were used, which were used to show off his excitement of saying "yes" more. For example, when he hears the phrase, while it was a small simple sentence, he went out to call it "an epiphany", and was thrilled about doing that, also shown in question #3.

The story has a quite uplifting mood throughout it. The author's purpose of doing that is to show that he has become much happier since doing his year as a Yes Man.

The narrator of the story is the author himself, which gives a much better understanding of his story since it's from his point of view.

Right in the first chapter, the author uses a narrative method, and easily explains the setting and general plot of what will happen.

The author frequently uses amplification throughout the book, so he can give more insight to what he thinks, instead of having simple plain sentences. One example is in Chapter 1, page 5, describing what he felt after hearing "say yes more".

"But it's still an epiphany. And I'm still smiling from what I've heard, smiling from what I've learned. I started to wonder whether anyone else is feeling the same."

There is a small part of the story that reflects tragedy. In Chapter 24, his time of being a Yes Man ends when he makes a refusal to his girlfriend for a trip to see her in Australia, which then their relationship fell apart temporarily, and ended Danny's year as a Yes Man.

The author uses many denotations throughout the book. These denotations are mostly his choices of saying "yes" to offers. For example, starting on Chapter 2, page 19, when he replies "yes" to all emails he receives.

Last, the author includes a prologue and an epilogue. The prologue at the beginning describes a little bit of what is to come in the story, and the epilogue at the end talks about what happened after his time of being a Yes Man.