“I found the funeral director in the main lobby, adjacent to the reception room. Like most people, I had preconceptions about what an undertaker looked like. Mr. Deaver fulfilled my expectations, entirely. Tall and thin, he even had beady eyes and a bony face. A low, slanted forehead gave way to a beaked nose. His skin, scrubbed of all colour, contrasted sharply with his jet-black hair. He was wearing a starched white shirt, grey pants, and black shoes. Indeed, he looked like death on two leg”, describe Brian Cable. The author was giving the reader a clear mental picture of the funeral director through this passage. The description wasn\u2019t meant to help us picture the appearance of the director, but rather to set the mood and narrative for the rest of the journal. Brian Cable chose to put emphasis on the darker side of the outward appearance and compare him an undertaker and death. Since the profile in question is about a mortuary, the overall tone of the entire piece should be dark and depressing. It is only befitting that the one to lead such a place should be an ominous character, much like a grim reaper. The author, through this descriptive paragraph, was able to further highlight the nature of a mortuary. With the funeral director being linked to death itself, we can assume that the image that the author wants us to have in the back of our mind for the mortuary, is of the underworld.<\/p>\n
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’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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