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Drowning Into Insanity
Findley’s unique style and excellent use of diction create an atmosphere which is intense and exciting. Through Robert’s struggle with the mud and internal conflict, Timothy Findley is able to emphasize the endeavours of war which is not talked about nor known about. Desperation expressed by Robert is done so with cleverly displayed syntax and organizational skills. Findley’s diction heightens the anguish and panic experienced by Robert. A feeling of despair and distress is established by Robert’s attempt to free himself from the adamant and obstinate mud. The thought which runs through his mind immediately entering the mud is, “Dear Jesus – [I am] going to drown.” Through such passages, Findley introduces sort of a “hopeless struggle” which compounds enthusiasm of the scene. In addition, the tone is brought about by Robert’s contiguous thoughts “Don’t [die], he kept thinking; don’t.” When Robert helplessly attempts to cry out for help, but finds his voice is caught in his throat, the atmosphere becomes much like a deafened silence found in war movies; his surroundings become slow moving as the silence envelopes his awareness. Now imagery. Timothy Findley successfully creates vivid images through the use of many descriptive words and sentence fragments to add effect and increase the reader’s awareness of what Robert is going through. “The mud spread wider over his thighs. It began to make a sucking noise at the back of his legs. The fog came down like a muffler over his face.” The fog and the mud are both obvious and yet the most brazen images of the passage; both images play a negative role in enervating Robert’s ability to see or move. Tone and attitude are established through the negative imagery; “The back of [Robert’s] head went all the way down and into the slush. In and out and in and out. With his buttocks clenched and his knees… He began to realize his knees were spreading wider and wider and ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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