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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
Chapter 4: The Fourth Night
Explanation and Analysis:
Balram Halwai—The White Tiger’s bantering, blabbering protagonist-narrator—fills the page with a lively but deceptively shifty presence. He is more than happy to overthrow his master and, for much of the novel, to play the impish jester; he delays the start of his story with deferential displays and pompous introductions. “It is an ancient and venerated custom of people in my country to start a story by praying to a Higher Power,” he tells Jiabao before committing himself to an elaborate, ingratiating ritual. He babbles on in the first pages about his distrust of skin-whitening creams and his ceiling-mounted chandeliers, digressing to the point where the reader doubts if he will ever reach the meat of his narrative.
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