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Definition of Tone
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. For instance... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical... read full definition
Part Two
Explanation and Analysis:
Klara—the AF narrator and protagonist of the novel—writes with uninflected, unemotional poise. Her simple sentences carefully appraise her own emotions while breaking down the world into similarly simple pieces. With her balanced, clinical narration, no personal feeling and no detail seems too trivial for her observant eye. She captures the slant of shadows along the chair in Mr. McBain’s farm, the reflections in the RPO building, and even the appearance of Rick’s house:
The walls had been constructed from carefully overlapping boards which had all been painted a near-white. The house itself was three separate boxes that connected into a single complex shape.
