Just about everyone had been in a situation that should have had a negative outcome, but somehow a miracle happened and one walked away with a clean slate. Some may call it fate, but others may call it destiny. These circumstances happen every day in one’s life. Naiburg stated about fate that, “We might call it chance or an emergent property of the field” (446). She also stated how destiny is “accepting all that we are and acknowledging all we have experienced, however shameful” (Naiburg 447). Geoff Dyer main argument in “My Secret Life of Crime” was that sometimes life gives a person a second chance, and by doing so, one has the opportunity to get their life together and be somebody in life. One may look at his or her situation as fate or as destiny. The argument is achieved in the
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He uses a direct and conversational voice. The essay is also casual and familiar. He writes as if the reader is with him and is encouraging the reader to see his point of view. Each event takes the reader inside his mind by the voice. The voice of the essay works with the style of the essay. Dyer uses simple and complex sentences throughout his essay. An example of a complex sentence is when he said, “During Michaelmas term, at about two in the morning, I was woken by a gang of people singing Bob Dylan’s Rainy Day Women outside my window” (Dyer). He also uses form of figures of speech throughout the piece of work. One example of figure of speech he uses is metaphor. Dyer stated, “If I were a cat, each of these incidents would have used up a life: three down, six to go” (Dyer). Another example of figure of speech that is used is onomatopoeia. He uses this form of figure speech when he said, “The crash of glass was unbelievable” (Dyer). He also uses personification in the essay. An example of personification that he uses is when he stated how both of their “fury turned into bravado”
He uses a direct and conversational voice. The essay is also casual and familiar. He writes as if the reader is with him and is encouraging the reader to see his point of view. Each event takes the reader inside his mind by the voice. The voice of the essay works with the style of the essay. Dyer uses simple and complex sentences throughout his essay. An example of a complex sentence is when he said, “During Michaelmas term, at about two in the morning, I was woken by a gang of people singing Bob Dylan’s Rainy Day Women outside my window” (Dyer). He also uses form of figures of speech throughout the piece of work. One example of figure of speech he uses is metaphor. Dyer stated, “If I were a cat, each of these incidents would have used up a life: three down, six to go” (Dyer). Another example of figure of speech that is used is onomatopoeia. He uses this form of figure speech when he said, “The crash of glass was unbelievable” (Dyer). He also uses personification in the essay. An example of personification that he uses is when he stated how both of their “fury turned into bravado”