This short story includes imperative sentences such as ''Ask me about it'' and ''Look at the burns'' to mirror how desperate she is feeling as she is begging the nurses to question how she obtained the injuries. The desperation is due to the little love and care she has recieved as a result of her abusive relationship she has been experiencing. As she is demanding the nurses to ask her, it shows how shw wants help immedatley but she is terrified to admit what she is going through incase her partner dsicovers what she has told them.
Additionally, the adjectives used to desribe her injuries are also metaphorically included to mirror how her relationship is completley destroyed wiht no hope in sight. For example ''broken'' ''loose'' and ''cracked'' are all used to describe the state of her body as a result of the physical abuse she has had to encounter. It is also used to simply prove how she is feeling because of the injuries as her body is no longer how it used to be.
Also, she includes rhetorical questions such as ''what about the burns on my hands?'' ''the missing hair?'' and ''the teeth?'' to provok the nurses to ask her about her traumas. It is also used to question the nurses about their ability as she thinks it is absurd that they haven't noticed the agony she is going through, This could also lead to her becoming increasingly depressed as she may start to believe no one is concerned about her or cares for her well-being.
She also shows how disconnected she feels from other people by using various pronouns such as ''she'' ''they'' and ''he''. However, she may be using these pronounsto be protecting their idenitity as she could feel fearful that the man abusing her will discover what she has been thinking and will continue to disfigue her body. She may be referring to her partner as ''he'' instead of their name as she feels obligated to protect them although she wants to get away from him.
She includes several concrete nouns such as ''hospital'' ''nurse'' and ''clinic'' to emphisise the only things real in her life are related to pain and being in a medical area. This shows the readrer how seperate she feels from the outside world as she can only relate to the objects around her which mirror the hurt she is going through. Abstract nouns are also used to explain how she is currently feeling as ''ashamed'' and ''pain'' but she also includes how she wishes to feel in the future as she desires to be ''safe''. This would make the reader feel almost sorry for the character as she repeats how much pain she feels.
Verbs are also used to explain to the reader the abuse she encountered. Lexis such as ''pulled'' ''kicked'' and ''hit'' are all included to emphise how many types of harm she has been through and shows actually how serious the situaition she is in, actually is. All of the verbs she uses are dynamic verbs which are showing motion as she can only think of the physical side of her relationship.
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