Analysis of Like Dreaming, Backwards

In the opening paragraph many personal pronouns are used such as 'you' and 'you're' to immediately involve the reader. This is used to involve the reader emotionally and ensure that later on in the monologue that they will feel attached and part of the story. In addition, dashes are used for parentheses to indicate added emphasis on how serious her episodes can be. This also links the audience to the character as it shows how distant she is feeling as her thoughts are not joined together and are very complicated.

Furthermore, she used asynsetic listing to describe the various different ways she attempted to commit suicide. The use of this is to highlight her panic and desperate need for help as it speeds up the pace of the sentence which is a sign of urgency.The fact that this is used to explain the ways she has tried killing herself shows that it is a subject many people do not feel comfortable talking about.

She also uses taboo language to mirror her anger by telling the audience that suicide is not ''fucking easy''. This aggression is used to reflect how she feels towards people stereotyping suicide. She also uses a simple sentence when explaining this to link with the irritation she feels as a result of people telling her killing herself is the easy way out. Also the simple sentence makes it stick into the audiences head almost as if it is a message she needs to send to everyone to ensure that all people know just how difficult it is.

In the following paragraph, she continues to explain how she was admitted into hospital after one of her 'episodes' and describes the feeling of everyone knowing about her depression as ''refreshing''. This adjective suggests she is feeling positive and implies there may be a chance she will get better. I think this as refreshing is usually associated with something changing and becoming different so the fact she is describing how she feels using this adjective hints that her attitude towards living could possibly change. However, this is immediately proven wrong by the opening phrase ''but then'' showing that nothing has actually changed and instead things may be becoming worse,

In the last paragraph she makes her perspective of living very clear. She explains how she is ''surrounded'' by patients who have been in hospital for most of their lives. The verb 'surrounded' hints that there are lots of people suffering for the same depression she is experiencing which shows the audience just how common suicidal thoughts are and how it is something that is affecting a lot of people. In addition, she opens several of her sentences with ''and'' which shows informality and her thoughts changing rapidly. This may me because she is coming to the conclusion of death which is what most people fear which is a result in her pace increasing.