'Nothing is more deserted than a deserted,
waiting street. The trees were still, the mockingbirds were silent, the carpenters at
Miss Maudie's house has vanished.' Pg. 105
In
this quote, the author Harper Lee compares silence with something extremely deadly.
Furthermore, Harper Lee utilises the technique of shutting off one sense [hearing,
silence] and heightening the other senses. The author also almost personifies the street
by referring to it as 'waiting'.
Silence is also
juxtaposed with a crack: ' In the silence, i heard a crack'. This
increases the tension and the reader is drawn into the novel even more.
Similes are also used
to create vivid imagery: 'We could see him shiver like a horse shedding
flies', 'his jaw opened and shut', 'he was a-list but he was gradually being pulled
towards us.
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