Brian Cable’s “The Last Stop” (Intense and Comprehensive)


The profile written by Brian Cable (The Last Stop) is a great masterpiece that perfectly defines different perspectives of people who are bypassing a mortuary on daily basis and also the significance of a typical mortuary in the up-to-the-minute society. The profile is a great blend of ideas, thoughts, and values that describe a mortuary to a great extent. The title in itself is a self-explanatory title that well defines the topic. The writer also made great use of poetic devices. For example, the use of metaphor in “It looked a bit like a church- tall, with gothic arches” is used to relate mortuary to a church. Similarly, the use of personification in “Come in, said the sign” made the passage more realistic. Likewise, “we’re always open” made it more mesmerizing.


It is a very well-built profile of the mortuary that the reader can visualize the place without any effort and even without visiting that particular place. The profile engages the reader superbly that the reader wants to know more and more about the place. Beginning from the “windows stamped out of red brick” past the “lush green lawns and meticulously groomed gardens” toward “the stone steps to the entrance” makes the reader feel like he’s walking through that place.

Reference: Cable, B. (2002). The Last Stop. In R. B. Axelrod, & C. R. Cooper, The Concise Guide to Writing (3rd ed., pp. 57-60). New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s

https://wpflemingcollege.com/harjot/ (I have also referred to my own blog)