Joe's Despair: A Literary Analysis

To make the text of both accounts more engaging to the reader, the writer introduced numerous literary techniques. The passages are written mostly in the first person with emotive word choice and a company of a rather sad tone. These make the accounts personal and emotional and brings up emphasis of the audience to the subject of Joe's despair. The writer uses many alliterations e.g. "I hang, head","Everything was still, silent", which altogether with an application of sibilance during the first paragraph draw the audience attention to a particular part of the text that should be emphasised stronger. The presence of repetition such as "My leg!...My leg!" brings up an attention to the word connected to the subject of the story. Also, often usage