Question

You are lazy,' said the Eldest Magician. ‘So your children shall be lazy. They shall be the laziest people in the world. They shall be called the Malazy—the lazy people;' and he held up his finger to the Moon and said, ‘O Fisherman, here is the Man too lazy to row home. Pull his canoe home with your line, Fisherman.'" How does repetition affect the narrator's tone?

Answer 1

Repetition helps exaggerate a point that the author is trying to convey. It highlights the main idea of what that character in the story is trying to let readers understand when stating such phrases.