From the very first steps of the new settlers on the American continent its uncivilized nature full of smell of the forests of freshness of the air and of almost desolate variety of flowers and trees came to be associated with unlimited wilderness However under the vigorous attack of developing civilization the untouched virginity of the New World soon began to recede irretrievably losing its wild independent beauty The short story of an American writer Sarah Orne Jewett A White Heron is one of
The author uses dramatization in this segment from A White Heron to turn what would ordinarily be a dull and uneventful story into an exciting adventure Sarah Orne Jewett tells the story of a girl in awe of an old pine tree by configuring imagery diction and personification into her writing By using these literary elements she gives the story a sense of excitement and adventure The author also tells this story from a childs point of view using exaggerated details These details that may seem far
Sarah Orne Jewett described an image when Sylvia and the cow followed the shady wood road lively Sarah used a string of verbs and adjectives such as let bare feet cool in shoal water twilight moths struck softly heart beats fast with pleasure birds and beasts say goodnight to each other in sleepy twitters soft and sweet air and escape from the shadow of the trees This string of verbs and adjectives takes readers into that gray shadow of shady wood road and moving leaves By reading this paragrap