In this monologue from Gem of the Ocean, Black mary uses rhetorical techniques in order to achieve the purpose of letting Aunt ester know how she feels. First, Mary explains her frustrations about aunt ester coming at her telling her to turn the fire down. Second, Mary is trying to get her point across. She's telling her that she isn't going to keep doing things to please her she's telling her that she have her own style of doing things and that's how she wants to do them. Mary’s frustrations are shown through the way she is speaking. Mary starts off her speech by explaining how fed up she is with people telling her how to do things. In her first couple sentences she states “Here! You cook it! You turn it down!” Mary is trying to grab the