Abigail Adams, in her letter to her son John Quincy Adams, utilizes endearing diction and imagery to cautiously advise her son of the troubling, profound life while also maintaining an aura of affectionate tone. As a mother and a woman, Abigail Adams initiates a heartwarming tone with diction pervasively in her advice. In addressing to whom the letter is for, Abigail Adams begins with the most common endearment term of “dear.” This term is only used towards someone whom one is intimate and truly cares for, which effectively provides the important advices to come and lays the foundation for the height of her love towards her son. Immediately following her choice of the word “dear”, she purposefully omits her son’s name and even does so throughout
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In her introduction, she mentions “enemies or the dangers of the sea” to make sure he is well and as a way to check on him. This reference to the enemies and seas are utilized throuought , which helps correlate her son’s own experiences with the messages of advice she has to deliver. This can assist in having a more lucid picture with something he may be familiar with, such as the seas and enemies in war and travels. The continuation of the reference to a body of water is portrayed in her third paragraph, in which she's uses the metaphor of streams of water with the traveler and essentially John Quincy Adams himself. Thus, she emphasizes his son flowing into different ways of life and in the end growing to his full potential through “Inches of minerals”. Also, she used the words of “invaded”, “ally” and defense", which also successfully helps in her son’s understanding of her advice that even in the midst of the adversities, life will proceed. Last but not least, she uses personification by giving life to truth and the heart, further stressing her willful message to do honor and have justice. The fact that she gives life to these two characteristics show how pertinent it is in her view of virtue and what she asks of from her son. All in all, her imagery makes her messages more prominent and assists in a clear deliverance. As any mother or parent cares for her sons and daughters, Abigail
In her introduction, she mentions “enemies or the dangers of the sea” to make sure he is well and as a way to check on him. This reference to the enemies and seas are utilized throuought , which helps correlate her son’s own experiences with the messages of advice she has to deliver. This can assist in having a more lucid picture with something he may be familiar with, such as the seas and enemies in war and travels. The continuation of the reference to a body of water is portrayed in her third paragraph, in which she's uses the metaphor of streams of water with the traveler and essentially John Quincy Adams himself. Thus, she emphasizes his son flowing into different ways of life and in the end growing to his full potential through “Inches of minerals”. Also, she used the words of “invaded”, “ally” and defense", which also successfully helps in her son’s understanding of her advice that even in the midst of the adversities, life will proceed. Last but not least, she uses personification by giving life to truth and the heart, further stressing her willful message to do honor and have justice. The fact that she gives life to these two characteristics show how pertinent it is in her view of virtue and what she asks of from her son. All in all, her imagery makes her messages more prominent and assists in a clear deliverance. As any mother or parent cares for her sons and daughters, Abigail