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World Of Tomorrow Personification

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In the essay the “World of Tomorrow” by E.B White, personification is displayed between the 1939 New York World Fair and himself. For example, on page 139 of the text he states,” I wasn’t really prepared for the World Fair last week, and it certainly wasn’t prepared for me. Between the two of us there was a considerable of a mix-up.” In this sentence he speaks of the World Fair as if it were a person by giving it human qualities and also using pronouns such as “us”. I also feel as if there is a disconnect between the fair and White which is why he states what he stated. Also throughout the text he capitalizes “Tomorrow” multiple times as if it were a pronoun. For example, this is seen on page 139 when he says, “When you can’t breathe through

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