The Prank In Two Places Rhetorical Analysis

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In the novel, Tim Winton uses specifically connotated adverbs, imagery and selection of details to convey the narrator's upset and humor at the prank pulled at the riverbed ultimately illustrating that perspective of situations affects their responses. Tim Winton initially explains that the riverbank is where the narrator, Bruce, and Loonie become friends because of their love for Riverside pranks. When he begins his use of specifically connotated adverbs, such as explaining that the boys had perfected the pranks, which commonly have a positive connotation, showing that the boys still think highly of the pranks they pulled even in hindsight of the anecdote that is about to be told. Another example of specific connotation in the passage is describing the behavior of the four women Bruce spots at the riverside, stating that they were slithering up and down the bank, revealing that Bruce not only isn't different from these women but thinks lowly of them, enforced by the next sentence standing at the women were from out of town, adding to the narrator's mental separation of his perspective in the women's when it comes to the prank being pulled on them affecting his reaction, which at this point is …show more content…

The narrator describes, not the scene of the water, but the atmosphere of the river, how because the sun was shining and the dragonflies were flying, he did not feel the sense of urgency the women felt, yet had the kindness to not doubt the crisis, later in hindsight stating that he should have realized the water was too calm and that the boy in the water could be pranking the women. Bruce makes his move in an attempt to help when Loonie pops out of the water, causing the older woman to fall and get

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