Analysis of Paragraph on Page 271-272 of Porter’s Pale Horse, Pale Rider :: Porter’s Pale Horse Pale Rider

Analysis of Paragraph on Page 271-272 of porters Pale Horse, Pale RiderIn the opening prison term of this paragraph, two workers at the newspaper office argon exposit. They are not, however, described as people though, they are instead said to be whole two pairs of legs ( porters beer 271). By describing solely this part of the people, Porter is drawing precaution to a part of the body seemingly unrelated to newspaper writing. This gives the referee the impression that these two writers are either unskilled in the theater or writing, or unimportant to the verbaliser. Interestingly, the legs are also described as, dangling, which paints the pictorial matter of a lifeless body. This could be perhaps indicating that these people are doomed to her both(prenominal) unimportant and unwanted. Porter indeedly goes on to describe the legs as being stuffed thickly into funnels of swarthy expensive-looking material. The way in which this is described seems to think of that the fa bric itself is strangling these legs that have now become representative of the talkers time at the newspaper. By describing the material as dark and expensive looking, Porter makes the writers at the newspaper appear to be both evil and fake. As Porter continues her description of the two writers, she notes how one of then was oldish and the other youngish. The vagueness in this description goes along with the feeling of universality in the writers that Porter has achieved by having them represented by a chaste body part. Also, by having one writer be old, and the other young, the writers are closer to representing every man. As Porter describes the writers as having a shabby air of borrowed importance which apparently they had got from the same source she is indicating that the newspaper itself, and thus the media is the source that writers in this wartime community derive their unreal importance. Porter makes the speaker seem almost intimidated by the writers as she euphemisti cally refers to them as being well nourished rather than fat. This is again referenced when Porter states that Miranda pulled out her chair without removing her cap or gloves () as if she had not a moment to spare. Mirandas resentment of the newspaper community is embodied in these two people.