Monster Essays - Writing Analysis
ANALYSIS OF TWO PIECES OF WRITING
AT THE MORGUE – Helen Garner, True Stories 1996
This article is written in the first person’s point of view. The style is informal, almost chatty in spite of the morbid topic it deals with. The author uses this style to tell the reader a story, like telling a friend an experience. The author’s feelings and thoughts are freely expressed. This helps to put the reader into the author’s shoes, to see through her eyes and feel through her heart.
This article is a narrative. It does not aim to analyse the topic. It describes the author’s experiences at the mortuary and the resulting dis....
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