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Wolff bullet in the brain6/28/2023 The entire story was told through the third person perspective. Gone are sarcastic jokes as we read through the flashbacks, and suddenly the tone became serious.Īnother literary device Wolff used was the narrative perspective. However, this all quickly changed when Anders was shot in the head. ‘Dead Meat.’ He turned to the woman in front of him, ‘Great Script, eh? The stern, brass-knuckled poetry of the dangerous classes.’” This clearly shows the comedic nature of Anders as he he did not care for his life. As Wolff mentions in the story the reaction Anders show to robbers in the bank, “‘Oh, Bravo,’ Anders said. Anders’ sarcasm can be seen as one of the most apparent traint in the story, as he mocks the ladies in front of him and criticizing everything in his surrounding. One of the literary devices that Wolff used was tone. Although Anders doesn’t change much throughout the story, but through Wolff’s use of literary devices, the reader’s perspective of him does change. Wolff also tells the readers that Anders was at a bank just before it’s closing time, when a bank robbery occurred. In “Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff, Wolff introduces the main character Anders, a rude and sarcastic book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery he dispatches on everything.
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