Example:
Quote: “It was all part.”
Device: Oxymoron
Analysis: The contradiction reinforces the idea that Kino is not one thing (native) or another (colonial).
Quote: “…this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole.”
Device: Anaphora/Asyndeton
Analysis: The repetition and the asyndeton connect the idea that all three of these things are one thing to Kino.
Quote: “Kino could see these things without looking…”
Device: Paradox
Analysis: The paradox suggests that Kino may be taking his family situationfor granted.
Dialectical journals due: 12/10.