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The Perfect Storm Literary Analysis
The telling of the story “The Perfect storm” is written in a common perspective with other stories. It is written in a first person perspective which provides information regarding what each character in the book is experiencing that follows lots of dialogue. Their experiences are determined by what they see, hear, smell, feel, and even taste. The book “Catching Fire’’ by Suzanne Collins is written from a first person perspective and provides what senses each person experiences, and what they’re going through in an attempt to put you in that character’s point of view to really help you understand what it is they’re going through. The author of “The Perfect Storm”, Sebastian Junger, uses techniques of imagery to explain the important aspects
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