Diction is used quite well on page 38, with, “They came up out of the river breaks riding slowly side by side along the dusty road and onto a high plateau where they could see out over the country to the south, rolling country covered with grass and wild daisies. To the west a mile away ran a wire fence strung from pole to pole like a bad suture across the gray grasslands and beyond that a small band of antelope all of whom were watching them. John Grady turned his horse sideways and sat looking back down the road. Rawlins waited.” This shows John Grady as an observant character, seeing something behind him as him and Rawlins were traveling. It also shows Rawlins as patient while waiting for his friend. The diction also gives the tone
