The Red Umbrella Stylistic Analysis

‘The Red Umbrella’ by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and ‘A Band-Aid for 800 Children’ by Eli Sastow both portray the hardships for kids and adults across the globe due to immigration and the effect of family separation. In the two texts, the authors use similar techniques, but also different ones, to express to the reader the serious devastation emitted by family separation. The similar techniques used to portray the subject of family separation are figurative language, point of view, and tone. First of all, the authors use tone to show family separation. The tone of both readings are serious. In ‘The Red Umbrella’ the author writes, ““Come here, Frankie.” Papá tousled Frankie’s hair, then took the ball and placed it on the floor next to the table. “Sit over there, next to your sister.”” This section of the text shows how Papa’s mood is serious, as he takes the ball away from Frankie, signaling that family separation is an important topic. In ‘A Band-Aid for 800 Children’ the author states, “She has to prepare lunch

Secondly, the authors use figurative language to help the reader understand the subject of family separation. The section of ‘The Red Umbrella’ that shows the technique of figurative language is, “She sat frozen in place.”, which shows Mama’s deep grave that her family is being separated, through telling us her behaviors. In ‘A Band-Aid for 800 Children’, the sentence, ““Every child is also a job,”” shows us that Sandigo