The Call Of The Wild Rhetorical Analysis

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Wright uses diction in this story to portray the two different classes of people and to indicate social status, much like he dos in the setting of the story. The language for Bigger tends to be informal when he speaks, while the Dalton’s speak in a more formal way. Wright also uses a lot of imagery to make his scenes appear very realistic. To point out the differences in social class, Wright often has Bigger speaking in simple, incomplete sentences to show that they may be uneducated and on a lower level than the white people. These situations make Bigger look different than the Dalton’s, for example, and then lead him to feel uncomfortable in his own skin. One excerpt from the story that portrays this is when Bigger is first interviewing …show more content…

One example of this from the story is when Bigger kills Bessie, “This was the way it had to be. Then he took a deep breath and his hand gripped the brick and shot upward and paused a second and then plunged downward through the darkness to the accompaniment of a deep short grunt from his chest and landed with a thud. Yes! There was a dull gasp of surprise, then a moan. No, that must not be! He lifted the brick again and again, until in falling it struck a sodden mass that gave softly but stoutly to each landing blow. Soon he seemed to be striking a wet wad of cotton, of some damp substance whose only life was the jarring of the brick's impact. He stopped, hearing his own breath heaving in and out of his chest. He was wet all over, and cold. How many times he had lifted the brick and brought it down he did not know. All he knew was that the room was quiet and cold and that the job was done.” (pg. 237). Bigger uses a brick to murder Bessie and he describes it as hitting a damp piece of cotton. This makes the scene even more real because it is relatable. Many people know what wet cotton feels like and therefore can make the connection with Bessie’s death. This scene furthers Bigger’s character because he has become so used to killing as a way to escape and make things easier, even though this path of life just gets him into more

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