As the Ashes Fall
Thousands of citizens ran away from the catastrophic scene of the suicidal plane deliberately crashing into the Twin Towers. Thomas Beller was able to read the stories by the number of witnesses that fled the horrid scene. In Thomas Beller’s narrative “The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001”, Beller is able to create the tone of panic with his use of imagery, diction, and syntax. Mr. Beller is capable of catching the audience's attention. To help make each reader feel the sense of panic, Beller uses visionary descriptions. He uses the scene of the view on the streets as he gets closer to the Twin Tower. “There was more urgency and less mirth”(Beller 60). Describing the attitude of the city, it allows for the feel …show more content…
To help show the disorganization of New York as he becomes closer and closer to the towers. “There was more urgency and less mirth. Cop cars parked at odd angles, their red sirens spinning”(Beller 60). Smaller sentences can aid in the creation of a suspenseful mood. With the suspense, Beller is able to add to the panicky tone. Another example of creating tone with syntax is with the description of the ash covered man. “He was shaking. Eyes were red from dust and maybe tears. He didn’t seem like the sort of man who cried”(61). Using shorter sentences lengths, Mr. Beller emphasizes on the details of the unfortunate man. The reader, focused on these minute details, can easily sympathize with the horror that many pedestrians had to go through. In thomas Beller’s “The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001”, the tone is expressed through the rhetorical techniques of imagery, diction, and syntax. With his imagery, one could picture the awful events of the plane crash. With Beller’s words one can feel the mood of the people running away from the life altering occurrence. With Thomas Beller’s use of short sentences, makes the audience sit on the edge of their seats with suspense. Throughout the narrative, Beller is able to capture the tone of the all the panic that occurred on September 11,
Thousands of citizens ran away from the catastrophic scene of the suicidal plane deliberately crashing into the Twin Towers. Thomas Beller was able to read the stories by the number of witnesses that fled the horrid scene. In Thomas Beller’s narrative “The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001”, Beller is able to create the tone of panic with his use of imagery, diction, and syntax. Mr. Beller is capable of catching the audience's attention. To help make each reader feel the sense of panic, Beller uses visionary descriptions. He uses the scene of the view on the streets as he gets closer to the Twin Tower. “There was more urgency and less mirth”(Beller 60). Describing the attitude of the city, it allows for the feel …show more content…
To help show the disorganization of New York as he becomes closer and closer to the towers. “There was more urgency and less mirth. Cop cars parked at odd angles, their red sirens spinning”(Beller 60). Smaller sentences can aid in the creation of a suspenseful mood. With the suspense, Beller is able to add to the panicky tone. Another example of creating tone with syntax is with the description of the ash covered man. “He was shaking. Eyes were red from dust and maybe tears. He didn’t seem like the sort of man who cried”(61). Using shorter sentences lengths, Mr. Beller emphasizes on the details of the unfortunate man. The reader, focused on these minute details, can easily sympathize with the horror that many pedestrians had to go through. In thomas Beller’s “The Ashen Guy: Lower Broadway, September 11, 2001”, the tone is expressed through the rhetorical techniques of imagery, diction, and syntax. With his imagery, one could picture the awful events of the plane crash. With Beller’s words one can feel the mood of the people running away from the life altering occurrence. With Thomas Beller’s use of short sentences, makes the audience sit on the edge of their seats with suspense. Throughout the narrative, Beller is able to capture the tone of the all the panic that occurred on September 11,