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“The death of the Moth” written by author Virginia Wolf tells the different stories of life and death through the struggle of a “day moth” trying to fly and not slip. The purpose of this passage was to show readers how different life and death are, and how difficult it can be for anything and everyone, even a moth! The authors tone was curious, as she seemed very interested in a moth. The author used rhetorical devices like imagery. Imagery is seen very clearly in this passage, as she describes every little detail the moth is doing, such as “It flashed upon me that he was in difficulties; he could no longer raise himself; his legs struggled vainly.” Another rhetorical device used is similes, as the author continuously compared life of a human to the life of a moth.
This is probably one of the worst things I’ve ever read. First of all, I couldn’t focus on what I was reading, it was just a plethora of awful details for four pages. Second of all, I read the top part about how the author was mentally ill and killed herself by drowning. That explains why the passage was such a bad analogy to life, she was depressed. Whatever point the author was trying to prove, she didn’t really prove anything to me because I was so disinterested. It was a good try though.
This is probably one of the worst things I’ve ever read. First of all, I couldn’t focus on what I was reading, it was just a plethora of awful details for four pages. Second of all, I read the top part about how the author was mentally ill and killed herself by drowning. That explains why the passage was such a bad analogy to life, she was depressed. Whatever point the author was trying to prove, she didn’t really prove anything to me because I was so disinterested. It was a good try though.