Tone Techniques: Dances With Wolves In his novel, ”Dances With Wolves”, Michael Blake uses several techniques throughout the story to enhance the tone displayed to the reader. Blake uses tones that vary from sad, (war times) to happy (victorious.) Tone can be defined as the emotion or feeling set upon a reader during a novel/short story. Most times, the tone will change. It can change from sad to dramatic, happy to angry, angry to …showed first 75 words of 441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 441 total…With a Fist.” I think one of the best things a novel can have as a finishing touch is a little bit of romance. It adds contrast to a story that you never thought you could find romance in. “Dances With Wolves” is a great example of techniques that affect the tone of the story. I believe that Blake has successfully created a very exciting yet mysterious novel with the help of dramatic tone changes.