Analytical Prowess Text 3 Summary

Text 1 uses descriptive language and imagery to represent the group of detectives as analytical and devoted to their job. When shocked horse trainer Molloy calls detective Lane to report a macabre discovery, he does not explicitly report his findings to Lane due to the shock. However, Lane is able to interpret the situation, stating “You could taste the strain in his voice. Somehow I knew.” and goes on to correctly identify the discovery as a deceased body. The fact that Lane observes Molloy’s voice as so evidently strained to him that anyone would being able to physically taste the distress suggests that such clues come naturally to him. The imagery of the taste in Molloy’s voice further accentuates to the reader of Lane’s analytical prowess …show more content…
This is constructed through the use of characterisation, specifically opinion. Foer is first introduced to the ethical treatment of animals by his father when he kicks a dog and is told “we don’t kick animals”. However, when he is made aware of his babysitter’s dietary restrictions influenced by ethics, his initial response is “Mom and dad entrusted this stupid woman with their precious babies?” As expected from a morally sound parent, Foer is taught the ethical treatment of those with the capacity to suffer and experience pain. However, there is an evident hypocrisy in this belief as the family are indirectly accentuating the suffering of animals by habitually consuming them without any consideration to the ethics of how their meals were procured. Since Foer is oblivious to this barbaric process, he disparages his babysitter’s beliefs, thereby creating a contradiction with the pacifism impressed upon him by his parents. Hypocrites are often condemned by society as their beliefs are not consistent with their actions. Dante put them in the 8th circle of hell due to his disgust with such people. After having the flaws of his beliefs exposed, Foer notices the inconsistencies and realises that not only do the ethics applauded by his babysitter make more sense than the philosophies

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