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Summary Of A Dreamer By Barbara Bayton

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In this excerpt by Barbata Bayton, from “A Dreamer”, Barbara Bayton begins the excerpt by setting a light-heartedly dingy plot. She introduces longing to meet her mother, however, the plot soon darkens as Bayton paints the setting as gloomy. She creates a sense of mystery in the setting of the excerpt by utilizing visual and kinesthetic imagery by implying a gloomy time to accentuate the gloomy setting and using pathetic fallacy to display the suspense of the situation. Bayton creates a sense of gloom and suspense through the utilization of pathetic fallacy to comprehensively display the mystery created in the setting. Bayton utilizes this technique towards the middle of the excerpt when she begins to explain and visualize the weather and surroundings of the protagonist. She says “wind made ghostly music”(12) and “wind and rain and darkness lay before her”(18-19). The pathetic fallacy created through “the wind made ghostly music” by Bayton highlights the mysteriousness and the perplexity of the situation (12). Wind, being a lifeless gas, …show more content…

Firstly, Baynton utilizes this towards the finale of the excerpt when the character once again stands near a train and the train makes an absurdly loud “whoof!” sound and “its steaming breath hissed at her” (27). As stated earlier, throughout the excerpt, Baynton refers to this abstractly constructed peculiar diction to precisely illustrate the murky setting. However, in this very instance, Baynton breaks the momentum by utilizing an onomatopoeia to accentuate the harsh deafening noise made by the train. In an already gloomily plotted setting, having an object become so absurdly loud is intentionally placed by the author to frighten. the character of the character. Through this, it could be assumed that the protagonist may have been startled. This furthers the setting being mysteriously

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