“At the time not a soul in sleeping Holcomb heard them-- four shotgun blasts that, all told, ended six human lives. But afterward the townspeople, theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom lock their doors, found fantasy re-creating them over and again-- those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely, and as strangers.” Analyze diction in the passage. Focus on specific word choices, their connotative meanings, and their effect on the opening of the text overall.
Analyze diction in the passage. Focus on specific word choices, their connotative meanings, and their effect on the opening of the text overall.