All The Pretty Horses Literary Analysis

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The short fictional excerpt from the novel All the Pretty Horses uses multiple literary devices to help convey its true meaning. The first noticeable literary device in this excerpt is called diction. This is essentially the choice of words the author uses in a paper. In All the Pretty Horses, the author uses words such as wainscoting and pier glass to represent simpler words like wall and mirror. Even though these words are quite advanced, they fit well in the story. A “candle flame caught in the pier glass” sounds much better than a “candle flame caught in the mirror.” Mirror is such a bland word, whereas pier glass brings a unique flare to the paper. Not only that, the author also used the third person point of view to portray a mysterious

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