... In Lois Gould's "X: A Fabulous Child's Tale," and Bernice Kanner's "Big Boys Don't Cry: Returning the Macho Message," each author's uses a legion of literary devices to identify the reader with the moral message he or she has dedicated their work's ambition to. Each author tells a different story, but the authors ... white wine and Perrier" (162). Kanner uses a more formal non-fictional writing technique from a first person perspective and is filled with examples and scientific facts to establish her idea and delineate that idea to the reader. Also, Kanner establishes a very monotonous ...

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... reader that pertain to the old woman. "The old woman watched him with her arms folded across her chest as if she were the owner of the sun- (O"Connor 217). This represents the old woman's seemingly good judgment and awareness that she is susceptible to the evil that all man ... to portray him as someone that the old woman and her daughter should not be afraid of. O"Connor through the use of this symbolism depicts the character of Mr. Shiflet, as someone who is Christ like. One of the best examples used to compare Mr. Shiftlet to Christ is when the old woman asks him, " ... What you carry...

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