What is being described?
As the father is searching the truck, everything he sees is being described. The things he find and the items he sees all around the vehicle are described with detail.
The words/phrases the author uses in the description.
"Pool of guts." "the bones and the skin piled together" "Dried blood dark in
the leaves."
The author’s purpose/intent in the description.
The author's intention of the description was to illustrate the brutality of these characters. Also, he wanted to make it clear that cannibals were in that truck earlier, to show that the characters will do anything and everything to survive.
The atmosphere/tone that is created through the description.
The atmosphere created through the description is eery and horror-like. Imagine looking at a pile of human guts and dried bones, and knowing what happened to those poor people. The atmosphere is very dark and brutal, showing that the world is in desperate times.
The effect the description has on you.
As I read these details, I became very disgusted and scared, as i was envisioning myself being in the shoes of the man, and seeing what the man had to see.
Your opinion of the description; is it effective? Why or why not?
I do believe that the description was very effective. It was effective because it set the tone/mood of the section, and the book as a whole. It really gave the reader a sense of horror, but not enough to completely scare them away. I found myself wanting to keep on reading to see what happened next, and as I read, the description seemed to get more and more real.
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