As Caleb Williams is widely known as the first thriller novel I thought it would be fun to write a post about how his thriller novel sort of influenced other thrillers and eventually movies and tv.
For a very early age we learn from characters such as curious George and Nancy drew that curiosity isn’t always a good thing but The Good always pro veils over The Evil. These story lines sort of go back to the Gothic novel where the outlines of the characters are clearly drawn, the good on one side the bad on the other. I enjoy books that don’t follow this, where the characters have more human characteristics like unpredictability. i like to read to the last chapter not knowing what is going to happen.We also have this in movies, tv and pop culture, the twisted ending. the surprise that no one saw coming. Its interesting to think that some of what inspired your favorite detective novel or tv show was influence by this book, merely by the fact that it was a mystery with human characters.
I would have liked to end it with a video of M.J.’s thriller but cant as I have a crapy computer so you should all google and watch it anyways, just for the thril.
