Style
Noli Me Tangere
by José Rizal

Noli Me Tangere: Style 1 key example

Style
Explanation and Analysis:

From the beginning of Noli Me Tangere, the narrator engages in what seems to be a friendly if erudite conversation with the reader, which defines the style of most of the novel. The novel, in English translation by Harold Augenbraum, has a brisk style at the sentence level. The sentences generally are supported by strong, simple nouns. Take, for example, these sentences from the perspective of Sisa: 

Had the soldiers set fire to her house but let her sons go free, she would have covered them with blessings. Grateful, she looked again to heaven, which was furrowed by a flock of herons, those wispy clouds in the Philippine sky; her heart reawakened with confidence, she continued down the path.