TUTORIAL TASK

Identify the different stylish features of modernism in the text.

Free Indirect speech

Free indirect speech is a style of third-person narration which uses some of the characteristics of thirdperson along with the essence of first-person direct speech.

Example from the text : Perhaps, now, he was glad she had died. (page 197) Nothing on earth could make her care was it more, or was it less? (page 212)

Stream of consciousness
Stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions.

Example from the text: Meg sensed she had become temporarily important. (page 104) Suddenly she wondered : What if Wal, if Wal had ever? (page 192) Where was Meg, though? (page 211)

Juxtaposition of characters
Juxtaposition is the placement of two

concepts, characters, things, events, ideas, phrases, settings or words side by side in order to draw a contrast, create suspense, bring about a rhetorical effect, compare, or as a tool for character development.

1) Daise Morrow Despite the materialistic mentally of Hogbens family, Daises universal love exists as a transforming force that will save them from their desolation. The remarkable climax occurs when Daise speaks from the grave, Love should be the greatest explosion it is reasonable to expect. Which send us whirling, spinning, creating millions of other worlds. Never destroying.

The use of language reflects class and education

HOGBENS They are described through their slightly more capable use of the English language. WHALLEYS For example - the Whalley's speak from the heart, with a distinctly working-class accent.

I write poems. Im going to Ere!waddaya make me out write one about my Aunt Daise, ter be? A lump of wood. (Isba like she was, gathering pg.1) carnations early in the dew. We get a sense very early in This helps enforce them as the story, by the way the being worth more in a snobby Whalley's speak, a direct middle-class way. reflection of their socioeconomic background.

Multiple narrative points of view

It allows an author to piece together a complex story without requiring a single character to know and see everything. It makes it possible to give more information to your reader than youve given to your main character makes it possible to raise the tension and the sense that the protagonist is in danger.

Examples from the text : Megs POV I write poems. Im going to write one about my Aunt Daise, like she was, gathering carnations early in the dew. Shifting Point Of View. The story moves from the Whalley's perspective, to the Hogben's. From there it moves on to a family of no real importance, Horrie and Georgina Last, shifting back and forth.

 White uses this technique of each family commenting on the other effectively in his story. giving the reader valuable insights and help the reader empathize.