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Miguel Street is a collection of linked short stories by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Trinidad and Tobago. The stories draw on the author's childhood memories of Port of Spain. The author lived with his family in the Woodbrook district of the city in the 1940s, and the street in question, Luis Street, has been taken to be the model of Miguel Street.[1] Some of the inhabitants are members of the Hindu community to which Naipaul belonged. Naipaul also draws on wider Trinidadian culture, referring to cricket and quoting a number of lyrics by black calypso singers.[2]
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- He uses descriptive and emotional words like 'tired', 'sad and sick', 'no more fight', etc. helps persuade his people to surrender.
Explanation:
In his speech 'I will fight no more forever', chief Joseph primarily aims to proclaim the surrender of Nez Perce before Colonel Nelson Miles. His speech primarily aimed to proclaim this surrender before his people and convince them to be a part of it and not promote the war anymore.
To make his purpose successful, he uses a very descriptive language and discusses the amazing time he had experience in that place('beautiful valley of winding waters') as a child and declares his surrender saying 'tired of war', 'sad and sick', and will not continue this anymore. The use of such a descriptive language evokes the feelings of sadness and sympathy of the listeners and convinces them and Nez Perce surrendered.
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You're doing all Alec Benjamin songs..
Explanation:
Based on the line given above from the poem "Tattoo" written by Gregg Shapiro, the poetic device or technique used in the line is metaphor. Metaphor is a poetic device that uses comparison between two unlike objects. In this line, "We" is being compared to "continents" that are worlds apart.
