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Analysis Of Arm Wrestling With My Father By Brad Manning

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Within Brad Manning’s personal narrative entitled “Arm Wrestling with my Father” the author makes use of multiple literary techniques which allows for the story to be compelling and in essence creates an image in the reader's mind thus allowing them to build a stronger connection to the passage. Displayed towards the beginning of paragraph four, Manning gives an example of a reflection on an external conflict through his vivid description of the arm wrestle itself using phrases such as “how my tiny shoulders would press over our locked hands” and “hope of winning that single inch from his calm unmoving forearm”; through the use of the quotes above, Manning not only reflects on the arm wrestle itself, however his use of descriptive and active
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