Reflection:

Throughout this text I am able to express a complex thought process of an imagined

individual. I have used several repeated text techniques throughout the text for an effect of
a crowded thought process, and to express the confusion of this individual. This individual is
found to be in the overthinking state of mind constantly throughout this text.

Towards the end of the text, I have overworked the use of rhetorical questions. This Is to
emphasise the chaos of thought. Although the text is all meant to portray to the reader that
there Is chaos in the characters concentration, we see at the end of the text that he turns
against all his previous thoughts. When we compare “Is knowledge power? Or is it just a
burden?” to the quote “I’ve eliminated the comfort of knowledge.” We are able to see that
there is a glimpse of regret and compulsion. We also prove this point through the “Was
burning the books the best idea?”. Two of these three quotes consist of rhetorical questions.
With the use of these queries, we are able to capture that this individual is suffering from
extreme scepticism in himself and his personal thoughts. Not only do rhetorical questions
assist the reader in understanding the thought process of the character being read about,
but they help by triggering confused thoughts for the reader themselves. An extensive use
of rhetorical questions throughout the last two paragraphs helps to demonstrate that
although there was tension and doubt of the characters from the beginning of the text it
gets even more intense and escalates to a level of extreme confusion. The level of confusion
that he is experiencing expresses that the ‘character’ is need of external support. Rhetorical
questions help to enable the interaction of external support (the reader). Although this
support that the reader is providing cannot be heard by the character, it helps to enable the
understanding that the character needs help and assistance, but doesn’t have any, because
no-one knows of his situation.

Throughout ‘the dry’ by Jane Harper, we can see the use of the rule of three. As the reader
of this text, we can see that she distinctly uses this rule throughout the first chapter. In the
first chapter of this text, we gather that she is describing death and a funeral (therefore
setting a dark and eery setting). The rule of three is used in this chapter as an overview, it
expresses what is happening blandly. Rule of three allows the writer to get straight to the
point. We can see this in the dry in the lines “the wake, the funeral, one night and he was
gone.” Or “crows’ feet, silver-streaked hair, and gained kilos throughout the crowd” as we
dive into these extractions we can see that these quotes show us that the writer is trying to
express what they want too straight away, in this case Jane Harper wants to explain the
setting of the funeral and the dread and darkness being experienced as directly as possible. I
have considered the effect of the rule of three and implemented it into my own text.
“fantastical, tranquil and nimble sensation” or “happiness, contention, or elation, but
death” or “stress and anxiety and responsibility…” are examples taken from my own text in
which use the rule of three. Using this rule of three allows me to describe and express what
I need to blandly. It can be found confronting in a sense, we can specifically see this
confrontation in “happiness, contention, or elation, but death” where I am contrasting
death to positive thing straight away. There is no lead way to death from the happy
thoughts. The rule of three can be used in multiple ways, to express differing emotions
throughout the text. Not only have I used the rule of three in intent to confront the reader,
but I have used it to emphasis the peacefulness of the physical tower. “fantasy, nimble, and
tranquil sensation” are just three words that are used to express the serenity that the
character escapes too when he enters the tower.

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