Take this line for example, “The doctor” She said. “Go to the doctor,” Notice the fact that not only is it concise, but how she also repeats the same idea twice. This shows a few things. It shows how scared Juana is, and how she can’t think straight, and it also shows how she is certain that they must go to the doctor’s, as if she would never take no for an answer. Not only does this type of writing add to the suspense level, but it also helps form a story line, it indicates that the family is most likely going to the doctor’s next.
John also uses many descriptive adjectives throughout the story. He uses them for many reasons, including adding suspense, showing the true pain, or glory of a situation, to sum things up, etcetera. For instance, for instance in the line, “Behind him Juana’s fire leaped into flame and threw spears of light through the chinks of the brush-house wall and threw a wavering square of light out the door.” He uses an obsessive amount of adjectives.
A logical explanation for this is that John is trying to make the story seem more ethnic and spanish. It is written in a spanish-like