The novel Windmill Hill written by Michael Jacobson uses techniques such as emotive language, point of views, symbolism, manipulation of time and descriptive language to make the reader agree and sympathise towards the values presented in the novel.

A value presented in the novel would be, the reality of ageing. Techniques have been used to present this value to the reader. An example of this technique is the use of descriptive language. This technique is used to make the vision of ageing more realistic to the reader, allowing them to have a more personal view towards the subject of ageing. Pages 170 which shows the symptoms of ageing has been successful in influencing how I feel on the point on ageing. "its wasn't easy to recognise that Blink with the one who didn't know what he'd eaten for breakfast less than an hour ago, or couldn't recognise that the...