The Novels Prince Of Tides By Pat Conroy And The Great Santini By Pat Conroy Are

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Term Paper Title	The Novels Prince Of Tides By Pat Conroy And The Great Santini By Pat Conroy Are
# of Words	1163
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	4.65

     The novels Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy and The Great Santini by Pat Conroy are different in terms of order and detail.  It is from these events that the reader is able to see how the main character in each novel progresses with his growth, how he sees his life, and how others view his life.  In both novels the main character seems to view himself as normal but really he is very unique.  In The Great Santini the focus is more on the father and the way that he treats his children when he is back from his term in the marine corps, or possibly on his son and how he views his father.  While the obvious main character in the Prince of Tides is portrayed as a grown man looking back to his childhood and always thinking that he was the problem in his family, and that he was the trouble maker.
     In the Prince of Tides novel the author uses a first-person style narration, which adds depth and gives the reader more insight into the character’s world.  In the Prince of Tides Conroy has the main character describe to the reader through flashbacks, and memories, all of the events of his life from when he was just a young boy all the way up to the present.
" I betray the integrity of my family’s history by turning everything, even sadness into romance.  There is no romance in this story; just a story" (p.75).
The narrator paints a very good picture for the reader and therefore gives the reader a good sense of Tom’s difficult family life, and sees how it has made Tom into the man that he is (a loving father and husband).
     In the novel The Great Santini, Pat Conroy also uses first-person narration.  Bull’s son tells the story about how his father treats him and the rest of the family.  Ben talks about how his father is very dedicated to the Marine corps and how he expects that since he is in the corps that his son will follow in his footsteps.
"Go ahead and laugh, jocko, but I break out in a cold sweat when I spot a flock of birds up yonder. The bad thing is that they’re usually behind you by the time see’em.  I mean they are behind you before your brain registers that you’ve just passed a bird.  You’ll know what I mean some day."
"How Dad?"
"When your a Marine pilot flying your own plane". (p.35).
     The elements of the past in both of the novels help the reader in deciding the development of each main character.  In each novel, the reader can use these past events to build a world for the character in the present day.  This is how the author gets the reader ...

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