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Use Of Unimpressed Tone In Julio Cortazar's House Taken Over

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In " House Taken Over”, the author Julio Cortazar creates an unimpressed tone based on the dialogue between the main characters in the story. The characters in the short story get faced with many terrifying events, yet remain unbothered. For instance, after the characters had noticed the noises in their home, Irene ¨Picked up her needles again and stated ¨we´ll have to live on this side¨ (Cortazar 40). Instead of leaving the house and getting somewhere safe, the characters in the story show no emotion. the narrator informed Irene of the mysterious creature, and continued to live an ordinary life and just isolated themselves. The unimpressed tone in the story shows how careless the siblings are of their circumstances. Including the dialogue
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