The tone and writing style shifts abruptly as the final scene begins. It is almost as if a new story begins, but it has been set up. The stylistic change is noticeable from the first sentence. Hayasaki writes, “It felt like an 80,000-pound semi-truck had parked on Will Piper’s chest” (Hayasaki). She starts out with a complex simile. This kind of literary language is unusual for more academic, expository writing. Hayasaki uses many similes and metaphors throughout this central and final scene. For instance, she writes that the corn kernels were “greenish and moldy, like decaying teeth.” This image is strong and poetic. The reader can almost smell it, taste it, and see it. It is a sensual image made powerful by a clear simile that compares the
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Throughout the narration of the scene of Will Piper’s accident alternates between story-telling and factual presentation. She still uses some similes, but not as many. For instance, she writes, “the ribs of the bins gleamed like jewel facets.” Instead the narration uses other types of rhetorical devices that work in much the same way as a simile. She writes, “For miles upon miles, grain bins pockmarked the landscape, some as wide as sheds, others stadium-large.” This sentence is highly descriptive. She uses a common adjective, “pockmarked” as a verb, which makes the sentence much more active. She uses a simple comparison when she says that the bins were as wide as sheds. But then then shortens this comparative at the end of the sentence, writing “others (bins) stadium-large. The interesting use of compound adjectives and changing adjectives to verbs gives her sentences an active and unique …show more content…
His story is used to show just how dependent America is on corn. Entire cities in the mid-West rely on the crop. But the food system is saturated with corn products as well. So Piper’s story is essentially an American story of a young man growing up in corn country. His tragedy is understood in this context, and Hayasaki does a wonderful job crafting this essay. This is a story that is more than just a story of a young man in an accident. This story is rather a simple one. But his life represents an important aspect of America society that is largely overlooked these days. By framing the scene in a more journalistic and descriptive style, readers learn not only about Piper’s life and community, but about larger social issue as
Throughout the narration of the scene of Will Piper’s accident alternates between story-telling and factual presentation. She still uses some similes, but not as many. For instance, she writes, “the ribs of the bins gleamed like jewel facets.” Instead the narration uses other types of rhetorical devices that work in much the same way as a simile. She writes, “For miles upon miles, grain bins pockmarked the landscape, some as wide as sheds, others stadium-large.” This sentence is highly descriptive. She uses a common adjective, “pockmarked” as a verb, which makes the sentence much more active. She uses a simple comparison when she says that the bins were as wide as sheds. But then then shortens this comparative at the end of the sentence, writing “others (bins) stadium-large. The interesting use of compound adjectives and changing adjectives to verbs gives her sentences an active and unique …show more content…
His story is used to show just how dependent America is on corn. Entire cities in the mid-West rely on the crop. But the food system is saturated with corn products as well. So Piper’s story is essentially an American story of a young man growing up in corn country. His tragedy is understood in this context, and Hayasaki does a wonderful job crafting this essay. This is a story that is more than just a story of a young man in an accident. This story is rather a simple one. But his life represents an important aspect of America society that is largely overlooked these days. By framing the scene in a more journalistic and descriptive style, readers learn not only about Piper’s life and community, but about larger social issue as