Katherine Anne Porter Diction

Katherine Anne Porter, a phenomenal American writer born in the late 1800s, uses a variety of literary devices that she establishes through her writings as an author. While some critics say that “Porter’s stories [are] baffling and elusive,” others say she was an inspiring and astounding author who presented her stories in a way that no other writer could (Harper 2095). In the many works composed by Katherine Anne Porter, she establishes her straightforward and despondent writing style through her use of diction and tone.
In Porter’s works, she uses the literary device of diction to establish her clear and precise writing style. With her use of diction, Porter demonstrates that she “lacks what could be called vulgar appeal, but [has] meticulous

In Porter’s novel “Ship of Fools,” she writes about the “parable of a corrupt faithless world” where she yearns to enlighten her readers about the innate sinful nature of human beings (Warren 136). This novel, “based on [Porter’s] voyage from Veracruz to Bremerhaven, [her] first voyage to Europe,” follows a group of strangers aboard a cruise ship who have secret thoughts and opinions on what they believe to be good for the human race-such as killing people for the “greater good” (Warren 29). This shows that it is always in a human’s nature to think, and sometimes do, things that are against the morals that should be set in a person’s mind. “First, she presumably believes that there is not merely pathology in the world, but evil-Evil with a capital E, if you will” (Warren 9). With this quote, Robert Penn Warren, the author of “Katherine Anne Porter: A Collection of Critical Essays,” tells how Porter viewed the world and those around it with a sort of detest and utrust because she believed humans are evil beings who are prone to sinning. Also, in the book “Flowering Judas,” Porter establishes the cruelness of humanity with the character of Braggioni. “He has good food and abundant drink, he hires an automobile and drives in the Paseo on Sunday morning, and enjoys plenty of sleep in a soft bed beside a wife who dares not disturb him” (Porter 154). With this, we see how the rich character,