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The he is making. Neil would say, he

The diction and detail used by Willa Cather in the book A Lost Lady, paints a picture in the readers mind by her prose selection of diction and arrangements of graphic detail, which conveys a feeling of passion, sadness, tense anger and unending happiness through Neil Herbert.

Throughout the book, Cather describes Neil Herberts life from his childhood, to his teenage years, and then to his adulthood with surpassing diction and supporting detail.As the story begins, Cather describes Neil Herbert as, a handsome boy of twelve whom she liked. This description gives us a mental picture of this boy with a smile on his face and always being courteous. In his younger years, the reader can assume that Herbert was very energetic and always merry.

Hed even try to catch a bird in a tree so Ivy Peters couldnt kill it with a rock. If I can get it now, I can kill it and put it out of its misery. Through Cathers details the reader can tell that Herbert had a strong determination to catch the bird.

Herbert ends up falling from the tree and breaking his arm of which he gets treated at Mrs. Forresters house. What soft fingers Mrs. Forrester had, and he though, what a lovely lady she was. The author states that The little boy was thinking that he would never be in so nice a place again.

Through Cather’s description the reader can tell that Neil had a yearning passion for Mrs. Forrester and that her house was like heaven on earth.Later on as Neil Herbert spurts into his teenage years, the reader attains that Neils passion for Mrs. Forrester becomes immensely greater.

Mrs. Forrester was the only woman he knew who wore earrings of which, they hung naturally against her thin, triangular cheeks. Cather describes the immense admiration from Neil towards Mrs. Forrester through compliments that he is making.

Neil would say, he had never found one so attractive and distinguished as Mrs. Forrester, and that, other women were heavy and dull. As Cather describes Neils love and compassion for Mrs. Forrester, we feel a sense of sympathy and compassion for Neil because the reader knows that Neil cannot marry her due to her being too aged and that she is already married.

We feel the sense of sympathy through Neils over complementing remarks.Neil Herbert then becomes a grown man, still admiring his child hood love, Mrs. Forrester.

When Neil finds out that Mrs. Forrester is secretly writing to a man named Frank Ellinger, he becomes extremely saddened because he knows its wrong of her due to already being married. Despite knowing this Neil still expresses his love for her and he would even, make a bouquet for a lovely lady; a bouquet gathered off the cheeks of morning. The author in a way tells the reader that Neil still has that unending desire of love for Mrs. Forrester. For instance, one time as Neil went to Mrs. Forresters room to surprise her with a bouquet of flowers, he heard her laugh and then another laugh, very different, a mans, whose voice was Frank Ellingers.

This description set by Cather gives the audience or reader a feeling of sympathy because the reader knows the complete admiration of Herbert to Mrs. Forrester was simply ripped out of his by Ellinger.We then meet a feeling of tense anger from Neil Herbert through Willa Cather. When Neils surprise of flowers was ruined, he became furious, his face hot, his temples beating, his eyes blind with anger. Herbert became so indignant that he threw his flowers, over the wire fence into a mud hole. From the details of Cather, it is obvious that the reader is beginning to see a different side of Neil. He is now somewhat incensed ever since the appearance of Frank Ellinger.

The morning had been wrecked for him, and Herbert said, that admiration and loyalty had been like a bloom on his existence. Through Cathers graphic details and use of diction, the reader senses that Neils love and admiration for Mrs. Forrester have gone down the drain.In the end we see that Neil is still curious about Ms.

Forresters whereabouts after not seeing her for voluminous years. Do you suppose that she could be living still? The authors description gives the reader the idea of how long they havent seen each other and that Mrs. Forrester was extremely aged. The reader leans now that Mrs.

Forrester did pass away as a wealthy woman. Neil was joyed to hear Mrs. Forrester lived a happy life. So we may feel sure that she was well cared for to the very end.

The reader now feels the strong love for Mrs. Forrester from Neil. He now has an unending passion for her once again. The authors descriptions give the reader a feeling of never ending happiness.

As the story falls to an end, the reader realized the full encompassing picture of Neil Herberts life through eloquent descriptions and detail. Cather uses great arrangements of diction as well as detail for the reader to become induced and enthralled in the book. Neil Herbert started off having a passion for Mrs. Forrester, then to a feeling of tense anger and sadness, which in the end, routed to a state of never ending love and admiration that will be within Neil forever.