The Crossing Cormac Mccarthy Techniques Essay

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Crossing, McCarthy uses techniques to convey the impact of the experience on the main character. McCarthy uses imagery, tone, and figurative language often to help the readers actually get into the story and helps them become part of it. McCarthy uses those techniques to get readers more involved in the story like they were in it themselves. As I read the story I imagine being in the man’s place and couldn't imagine doing what he did.
There are a lot of parts in the story that describe imagery such as when it says, (McCarthy L.#11) “the coyotes were yapping along the hills”. (McCarthy L. #53) Another example would be when the “coyotes clapped shut as if a door had closed upon them and all was of fear and marvel”.

Those parts of the story helpe readers imagine actually being there and maybe not knowing what to do it helps us picture what is happening. McCarthy also uses tone throughout the story because the whole tone of the story helps you realize the emotions of it. The tone helps readers understand if the man is in fear or not. As I read the story the tone it gives off is bravery in the man and some fear it helped me picture what he went through better and how he felt as he was going through it. The whole story helps set the tone because through the whole thing it is stating whether he is brave, sad, or angry.

McCarthy also uses figurative language many times during The Crossing, figurative language helps readers realize that the writer is stating facts as they are. Its also a different form of literal interpretation so sometimes readers understand it better. The figurative language in the story helps readers know if the narrator is scared or not it also shows how McCarthy feels toward the wolf. An example from the story that uses figurative language would be when it says (McCarthy L.#40) “he squatted over the wolf and touched her fur. He touched the cold and perfect teeth.” That example of figurative language helps readers understand how he actually feels about the wolf in the story.
McCarthy’s novel The Crossing helps readers understand the different meanings of different techniques and how they can be used in many ways. The novel is a great way of showing readers what tone, imagery, and figurative language are and the story is a excellent way of describing them because it was a unique way of showing how they can be used. This story also describes what the man went through and the experiences he had to go through in particular way.