I Flung Open The Driver's Side Door Analysis

Marusic’s description of their actions once Paul and Jake finally returning from the factory farm, was very descriptive and worked wonderfully with the peace. Throughout the whole essay, she has her readers waiting in anticipation. Wondering what’s going to happen and whether or not they are going to be successful. However, once Paul and Jake resurface, you immediately see a shift in the story. “I flung open the driver’s side door, ran around to the back, and pulled open the rear doors”. She then goes on to say “…I clumsily pried open the doors of the cage”, while simultaneously describing the terrified and unruly chickens. Her use of action verbs like thrust, pulled and slammed was beneficial to the scene. It put me, as the reader, in that