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Analysis Of Essay 'Grumbling' By Mairs

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As with almost every circumstance in life, one’s positivity or negativity can greatly effect the outcome. While most try to stay positive, negative viewpoints slowly creep into one’s mids, and are impossible to get outIn saying that her “life holds realities- - harsh ones, some of them- - that no right-minded person being ought to accept without grumbling”, Mairs explains how sometimes one has to be pessimistic (Mairs). In using diction like “harsh” and “grumbling” she makes the reader feel the negative tone that that sentence radiates. She could have used words with a lighter connotation, but she felt the need to bring some darkness into her essay. By doing this, she reveals that it is very easy to establish a depressing perspective.
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