I choose to compare Neil Gaiman's, Stardust, Cormac McCarthy's, Blood Meridian, and Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country. Paton's book starts out in the country, talking about the great hills and mountains all around him. He used denotative diction because he decribes the country with words using there exact meanings. He says " Keep it, Guard it, care of it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed." He wants people to take care of the land we live on because it takes care of us and without it we are nothing. He uses medium to high elevation because some words sound more high class then others.
In Gaiman's, Stardust, he uses higher dicton and when he describes the Wall and everything in and around the Wall. He describes what the wall is made of and who lives within the Wall. He talks about the sheeps grazing on the out skirts which is sweet and calming.
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