Answer:
<u>the tone</u> used in McNeil's oral history<u> is confessional</u> and <u>the purpos</u>e seems to be that by making simple, humble statements the narrator is able to <u>present his own morality and his struggles in statements and not as pleadings</u>.
Explanation:
these excerpts are from a<u> narrator who comes from a marginalized community engaging in a protest against the government</u>. this kind of oration is known as <u>deceptively simple</u>.
on the surface, the text seems uninviting and simplistic. but the layer of rebellion is subdued by the matter of factly tone to become more of a defiance to which the common person can easily identify and sympathize with. It also s<u>hows the strength of the narrator</u> by not betraying their emotions to the reader.
Answer:
It is describing a setting.
The peaceful noises of the farm are the noises of animals as they are getting ready for bed.
Pastoral fields are fields in which farm animals are raised. When it says it is "burned by the setting sun" it means that the colors of the sunset are sort of reflecting off the grasses in the fields, making them look golden, as if they are on fire.
