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Descriptive Imagery In My Father, By Richard Bragg
Throughout the memoir, Bragg has applied many forms of descriptive imagery to display an important message. When Bragg started working for various different newspaper companies, he suddenly realizes that many of the articles they write mask the true darkness of the real world. He makes it his duty to unveil these horrors, as he thinks people should have the right to know what is going on in other parts of the world and face reality. In 1991, Bragg decides that he wants to go visit Haiti to observe the resilience of its people and “capacity for evil”. After he arrives, he is faced with the harsh reality that Haiti is war- struck and filled with violence. He visits many areas, including the cemetery that “stretches for five acres until it blends

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