The blurb makes use of emotive language, capturing the reader with stimulating words like thought-provoking "and" vicious attacks on women.
An important feature, appealing to anyone, is how such a large book is broken up into short chapters that can be absorbed easily. The exciting titles of these chapters are listed in the Table of Contents to attract the reader.
A recent addition to the book is the Epilogue chapter, which appeals to the reader as it describes the repercussions of Cooke's crimes and the current condition of the families and survivors affected. For example: "Glenys Peak married and had four children. She lives in the W.A. wheatbelt-.
In many ways the driving force of Blackburn's argument lies in the selection of detail. Her graphic representations of Cooke's crimes exist to motivate the view of Cooke as a violent murderer, able to choose any young women and take her life. Meticulous detail of these dreadful events, especially the various hit-runs shock the reader. Cooke is then highlighted as the obvious man responsible for Rosemary's death and Buttons innocence is developed.
The course of events relating to Rosemary's death is detailed as to allow the reader to see how both Cooke and Button were involved. For example: "John was distraught. Rosemary was striding away from him down Redfern Street and across the road, insisting on walking home." The mention of location and Buttons prior emotions causes the reader to understand the events of the incident and find Cooke to be the killer.
The Language used is simple, Appealing to many and is sometimes reminiscent of the 50's and 60's when the book is set. Transcripts in the court scenes are quite formal and include legal terms. For example: " subject of preliminary proceedings for committal for trial-.
More importantly, subjective descriptions draw the reader into the pain and suffering of the victims; " the radiator grille broke off as it slammed into her leg- The language truly takes the reader back in time to the small town Perth was.
When Edvard Much was asked what had inspired him to do this painting, he replied, "One evening I was walking along a path, the city on one side of me and the fjord below. ... I stopped and looked out across the fjord. ... Barely discernible in the swirling motion of a red-blood sunset and deep blue-black fjord, are tiny boats at sea, and the suggestion of town buildings ( Preble 53). ...
Soon these fjords, which are flooded land areas, were notconnected to the ocean any longer. Eventually land surrounded the fjords, which turned them into lakes. Some scientists believe that when Scotland was flooded creatures from the ocean could have traveled into the fjords. When these fjords were surrounded by land those creatures might have gotten trapped in the soon to be lakes. ...
The faint city and landscape represent the view of Oslo and the Oslo Fjord. ... In one of several attempts to describe the motif in prose, Munch wrote, "I was out walking with two friends-the sun began to set-suddenly the sky turned blood red-I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence-there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city-my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety-and I sensed an endless scream passing through nature....
It is an accessible idea that Donne uses death to compare against a broken heart. ... Like broken glass a broken heart shows a bunch of images, there is something left of it. ... Donne uses many poetic devices efficiently in order to give detail on the event of a broken heart. "The Broken Heart" allows love to become superior and the heart to become the victim. ... The poem expresses how a broken heart impacts one and the purpose of it, however has an ending with a tragic twist in which one learns they cannot love again....
This lesson was an important one for me to learn, and can be especially beneficial to others as well because trust is the most vital part of any kind of relationship, and rebuilding broken trust, I have found, takes work, and does not just happen. ...
This is a complete book about horses. It has pictures and descriptions about two hundred fourteen horses from all over the world. It includes wild horses, Arabian horses, Oriental horses, and Thoroughbreds. Horses populated the world long before man evolved into a human being. Since the beginni...
Polar bears, belugas, and caribou, oh my! Cute animals may pull at the heart strings, but when it comes to environmental policy, politics govern the mind. It's important to remember that policy positions and politics, especially in concern to the environment, are much more intricate than they seem. ...
The people are as brave as the Aztecs and they are the Aztecs" friends" Leon-Portilla, The Broken Spears p. 40. ... The messengers lost their senses and fainted away" Leon-Portilla, The Broken Spears, p. 26. ... "On the day that Tenochtitlan was taken, the Spaniards committed some of the most brutal acts ever inflicted upon the unfortunate people of the land" Leon-Portilla, The Broken Spears, p.122. ... Their bodies swelled with greed., and their hunger was ravenous; they hungered like pigs for that gold" Leon-Portilla, The Broken Spears, p.51. ...
Broken When discussing Lolita, the word disturbing comes to mind. ... For a man to be so broken that he is willing to give up everything he has just for a "woman" to consider a relationship with him is just sickening. ... What's so pathetic is that he is so broken he is unable to say no to her even though he knows the relationship is wrong. ...