In three pages the theme of this story is examined in terms of how it is developed through characterization and imagery. There are no other sources listed.
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but; in fact, the complexity that resides within her characteristically simple prose, which demonstrate a purity and precision like no other, are known only to those who can see beyond
their fa?ade. Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray the great-grandmothers pain, Hale favors a more simplistic approach to convey the immense suffering the old woman
endures throughout the last physically and mentally agonizing days of her life. Utilizing the concepts of imagery and characterization, the author cleverly and quite appropriately captures her audience with
genuine intent. The structural basis of imagery is symbolic of Hales intrinsic creativity and ability to see beyond the obvious. Characteristically reminiscent
of the very essence of the authors literary interpretation, The Great-Grandmother reflects a significance quite distinguishable in its ability to address the human condition with mere images. Not only
does the reader assume the fact that the author is wholly attentive to her craft, but he also is privy to the notion that Hale writes only about things that
are close to her heart. Derived directly from the authors seat of passion, the delicately detailed images she portrays of human suffering as life slips away alongside the wonderment
borne of childhood is, perhaps, some of the most intense and illustrative of all Hales literary techniques. "He was out in the swamp that day under the red, August
sun, trying to catch grasshoppers, very earnestly and clumsily. Streams of sweat ran down his bare little back; he squatted on his heels, a huge straw hat shading him
like an umbrella. A green grasshopper would jerk onto a leaf near him, and he would life one sunburned, fat hand from the ground, where it was keeping his