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Analysis of 'growing Up' from Alice Foley's 'a Bolton Childhood'
Summary: Alice Foley's description of her early life in Bolton conjures positive images of a poor, but heart-warming childhood. The first person narrative and the informal register lend an intimate and friendly tone to her memoirs. Foley's sentimental reflections present the reader with an array of well rounded, loveable characters that enhance the heart-warming sense of community childhood.
Alice Foley's description of her early life in Bolton conjures positive images of a poor, but heart-warming childhood. The first person narrative and the informal register lend an intimate and friendly tone to her memoirs. Foley's
sentimental reflections present the reader with an array of well rounded, loveable characters that enhance the heart-warming sense of community childhood.
Foley's opening sentence refers to, `the street in which I was nurtured'. The connotation of this adjective informs the reader that she grew up in a loving environment where she was able to grow and flourish. Clearly, the author's choice of vocabulary and positive lexical choices throughout the text, artfully conjure strong emotional imagery in the reader. The use of the word zeal, for example, expresses her fervour and desire to carry out her task. There are no negative connotations to this word, despite the fact that the promised rewards were...
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