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This 3 page paper examines the role that language plays in this classic Crane novel. Furthermore, this paper examines the implications of the language, the nuances, and the interrelationship between it and the story as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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assists the reader in better understanding the characters as well as the major themes of the story. For instance, consider the language that Crane uses to describe the color
of the hotel, after which the story itself is named. Instead of merely commenting that the color is "unique" and/or perhaps ugly to some, Cranes word choices create vivid
imagery that is dramatic and draws the reader into the story by making the reader want more information. It is true that on clear days, when the great trans-continental
expresses, long lines of swaying Pullmans, swept through Fort Romper, passengers were overcome at the sight, and the cult that knows the brown-reds and the subdivisions of the dark greens
of the East expressed shame, pity, horror, in a laugh (Crane). The implications of such word choices are dramatic. Perhaps most significantly, is the fact that these word
choices provide information about the characters and the story itself. For example, the reader is able to garner a great deal of information about the personalities and quirks of
the characters based upon the words that the author has chosen to describe them. The author says of Scully, "At last Scully, elaborately, with boisterous hospitality, conducted them through
the portals of the blue hotel" (Crane). Clearly, these adjectives promote a depth of understanding about Scully that otherwise would not have been gleaned had they been left out.
Words such as "boisterous" and "elaborate" are words associated with strong judgments, and therefore these word choices very significantly assist the reader in crafting specific opinions about the characters
and the story as a whole. In regards to the nuances such word choices create, they are subtle but significant. The
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