Silver Donald Cameron (author of "Seasons in the Rain") talks of his hometown of Vancouver as "crass, soggy, alluring." (pg. 260) He also says that he likes Vancouver because of t

Excitement is always a part of a great piece of literature. When Silver and Margaret write they have a totally different style in presenting their work. Even though one's writing may be boring, and the other's is exciting, their hometown has everything to do with it. Their style, tone and even ways of presenting their writing.

Imagination is used in writing to set a tone for the reader. When Magaret writes she uses a plain and isolated tone which seems to bore. Her tone in the story was somewhat simple, while Silver's tone in his literature seems to have an upbeat, and exciting tone. This was probably influenced by his life in his city. The city helped him develop a more of a exciting tone in his works because he has lived an exciting life, while Margaret has not.

he diversity in the city, such as "the largest Chinatowns in the Western world" (pg. 259) and h

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