One of the ways the writer is effective is in his use of repetition. He repeats he is “four thousand miles” to the next piece of solid land. He uses it to reinforce how far away he is away from any land and as if he can’t believe it himself, as if he needs to tell himself again as he can’t believe how far away from land he is.
Where as in source two repetition of the muddy conditions to reinforce to the reader a picture of how muddy the festival actually is for example “mud bath” and “mud flowed like gravy” and “boggy site”. As like you would picture a desert Island miles away from anywhere, but not as remote as four thousand miles the same expectations for a festival you expect mud and muck but not to the extent as in the article.

The writer also uses assonance effectively. He says that he felt a kind of “abject abandonment” he felt when he got lost as a child. The experience felt almost intentional as if left alone to cause him pain and he uses two strong words both beginning with a vowel to heighten the affect. As in source one the writer points out what Facebook does it “mediates in relationships”, “happening anyway” his use of similar language device using “e" and then a it reinforces his choice of words in describing that Facebook is …show more content…
He describes the sea as it “gurgles” and refers to the darkness as a, “gauze of night” his metaphors gives feelings to the sea as if almost human and content as a baby when happy. Whereas the description of night gives a feel of being trapped and helplessness as if the gauze causes not only restriction of light but also of his movement. In source one the writer uses similar metaphors like “chained to my desk” and as we know he isn’t actually chained to his desk we know that it is his curiosity or the need be a voyeur of someone else’s life that keeps him where he is. As the writer is fully aware people are nosey and want to know what someone else is doing or not