The Bernie Bomb Analysis

In the article, “The Bernie Bomb”, the tones of abhorring and antagonistic are evident in most of the article. The author, Kimberley Strassel, is able to convey this tone through the use of her diction. The message she is convey is that Bernie Sanders is not an acceptable president, not only that but, the author insults Sanders by saying that whoever donated to him should ask for a refund. In “The Bernie Bomb” the diction used is related to the tone of the passage, how the author phrases it is able to convey a very negative tone. The author calls Sanders a “lazy debater” who was “stunningly unprepared” for the debate and how he “stumbled through all this with incoherent meditations”. Through calling him “a lazy debater” and how he was “stunningly unprepared” the author is being very aggressive towards him, making these accusations without any real evidence. Also pointing out how he “stumbled” with “incoherent mediations” is just putting him down, with no need to put him done. The author once again puts him down by saying how “it takes little effort to gin up giant pep …show more content…
The author describes Sanders as him being “in a race for something, but it can’t be the oval office”. Through this phrase, it also the reader to visualize just how Sanders is not going to win the race and how he might have other motives. Not only that but, how he currently is not performing towards that goal rather in the opposite direction. The author also describes Sanders as sounding “the same way that he always does-on the stump, on the Senate floor, at dinner.” Through this imagery the reader is able to picture Sanders as a man who constantly repeats himself. By doing so, Sanders loses the creditably he has gained. Through the use of imagery, the author continues to spread the overall tone of abhorring and antagonistic in this