![]() ![]() Maria's loyalties have obviously never lain with Sherman, and it is only his giant-sized ego that convinces him. Tom Wolfe (19312018) was the author of numerous books considered contemporary classics, including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities, among others, and several of his books have been made into major motion pictures. The author additionally promotes his satirical flavor by withholding the women's thoughts, because the reader, Sherman's lawyer, Sherman's father-in fact, everybody but Sherman-can tell which way the wind's blowing. Adapted to film in 1990 by director Brian De Palma, the movie stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Morgan Freeman. This choice by the author promotes dramatic tension because the reader must wait and worry along with Sherman to find out how the women will respond to the dramatic events surrounding the hit and run in the Bronx. Wolfes novel is a big, panoramic story of the metropolis that reinforces the authors reputation as the foremost chronicler of the way we live in America. Thus, neither of Sherman's women shares her thoughts with the reader. Notably absent from the characters whose thoughts are shared with the reader are Maria Ruskin, Judy McCoy, the Reverend Bacon, and Judge Myron Kovitsky. He was astonished that no author of his generation had written a sweeping, 19th century style novel about contemporary New York City, and ended up writing one himself, The Bonfire of the Vanities. The Bonfire of the Vanities is told through a third-person, omniscient narrator, primarily from the points of view of Sherman McCoy, ADA Kramer, and Peter Fallow. ![]()
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