Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Diction/Mothers and Fathers

"Hullo.  Good-morrow" (pg 116).  This quote was said by the Indians that Lenina and Bernard met.  The quote shows diction by changing the e in hello to an o.  Also, good-morrow is an example of an english word.  Because of this, the diction shows that the Indian spoke unproper English.
"Linda and he- Linda was his mother (the world made Lenina look uncomfortable)- were strangers in the Reservation.  Linda had  come from the Other Place long ago, before he was born, with a man who was his father.  (Bernard picked up his ears.)" (pg 118).  Lenina and Bernard do not have mothers and father.  I feel that they are really bothered by this, especially when people talk about their parents.  It is especially noticable at this circumstance because they both made some kind of expression to show that they wished they had a mother and father.  I also noticed that when Lenina and Bernard saw an old Indian they looked especially afraid.  I think this is because since everyone they are usually with does not physically show with age, then they were shocked when they saw people who did.

No comments:

Post a Comment