Styles and Elements in “The Breathing Method”
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Styles and Elements in “The Breathing Method”
In the short story “the breathing method,” Stephen uses literature styles to convey meaning and spice up the story. King begins by describing a woman’s womb as an engine; silent when off, but its pace increases and becomes louder once turned on. He uses this to mean how the woman’s womb behaves when she is about to give birth. He further explains this scenario by comparing it with the wild animal’s roars to reflect the pain and the fear of labor pains. Another style is when McCarron says that an expectant woman not walking is like a footballer preparing for a match while seated. Here, he means that a woman not walking or doing exercise during gestation is not preparing for her child’s delivery. Choo-chooing is a style that shows the breathing method of McCarron (King, 1984).
Stephen King has used various elements in his work to express McCarron’s tone of sadness and threatens. The elements used to entail symbolism, plotting, characterization, and themes. Blood colored light of the ambulance light symbolized the blood that was about to be shed at Harriet White’s ornament (King, 1984). Moreover, foreshadowing, in the bad dream McCarron had, has been used to symbolize Sandra’s death. The plotting used in the story begins when Sandra Stansfield is pregnant, working at the big shop, then moves to the downtown village to work for a blind woman. Characterization in the story includes; kind, loving, and caring doctor McCarron and the blind woman. Arrogant and rude Mrs. Kelly and hardworking, fearful, and proud Jane Smith are other characters used in the story (King, 1984). The use of themes is another element applied in Stephen’s work. These themes include marriage; married women are proud of their pregnancy, while those pregnant outside marriages are ashamed. Abortion in countless women who get pregnant, outside stable relationships, commonly take it as a customary thing since they cannot bear the shame.
Largely, Stephen king has used these styles and elements as an expression of the Narrator’s voice as he shares with the gentlemen about his experience with Sandra. The elements have highly subsidized to the beauty of King’s work as they fully portray his message. Additionally, the elements have proved how the themes reflect on what is going on in society; they have also demonstrated McCarron’s intelligence. Likewise, the elements have provided a strong pillar in using styles as they have optimized the emphasis on what Stephen’s styles meant.
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King, S., & Muller, F. (1984). The breathing method. Recorded Books.