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Imagining Argentina Analyze how the author presents himself with reference to tone, word choice, and rhetorical structure. In the novel Imagining Argentina, by Lawrence Thornton, Thornton writes in a style that is all his own. His tone and word choice convey a sense of desperation. The book leads one man through some of the darkest days in many people's lives. Thornton finds a way to draw his readers into his work, bring us into the 1970…

…to the overall effect of the book. Imagining Argentina is a magical book with a sad tale. Its dark, morbid tone combined with strong, powerful sentences gives it its strength. It was written in a very "to the point" fashion. The sentences were short but not without a certain flow and poetry. If the author's point was to show the world the hardships of a group of very oppressed people, he definitely hit a home-run.