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The Crossing In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Crossing, there is a dramatic sequence described by the narrator. The author uses many different techniques to convey the impact of the experience on the narrator. Some of these such techniques are: repetition, diction, and simile. Of the aforementioned techniques, the most obvious is repetition. The author uses the word “and” a total of thirty-three times. However, the simple usage of the word is not what is …

…when discussing God. The conduction of simile and metaphor fully communicates to the reader the kind of love and admiration the narrator felt for the wolf. In conclusion, McCormac uses many literary techniques to convey to the reader the impact of the experience on the narrator. By the end of this short passage, the reader feels somehow attuned to the narrators anguish and feels a sense of sympathy as well as a sense of loss.