The simple gift

“The simple gift” written by Steven Herrick is narrated in the first person in helps to gives a sense of subjective, since it has the character’s own prejudices and preferences such as “I knew it was hunger”. It engages the reader by building up the closeness with them, and allows them to delve into the mind of the characters. “The simple gift” is also written in a diary format as from the three different characters points of view, in affect to be more personal and sincerely. This is the main technique for developing our knowledge of their story, which makes us to think about the important issue and even broaden our prospective. Readers may interest in knowing how different characters feel toward a same event has happened.
“The ballad of the drover” composed by Henry Lawson is written in the third narration format, and tend to be more detached and objective in advantage of being unbiased as “he fights with failing strength”. It allows the story to sound more authentic and neutral.

Figurative language provides new ways of looking at the world. It always makes use of a comparison between different things and pinots out their similarities, which could be interesting to the reader.
Personification applied in all the both texts, “the thunder growls a warning” in the “The ballad of the drover”, vividly appeals the hardship which the drover suffered.
“The rocks bounce and clatter and roll and protest as being left out in this damn place”, young Billy could hear the “clatter”, means that he was in a quite place and lonely, and the slang “damn place” implies his anger where he doesn’t feel like staying anymore.

The stunning Descriptive language in effect on developing our knowledge through creates atmospheres. such as “the church is too spooky and cold”, “I’ll be frozen” to create images in the responder’s mind and giving details of young bill who was facing problem in life once he got to Bendarate, and rises readers’ sympathy in experiencing his feeling and