Example:
He had burned several times to enlist. Tales of great movements
shook the land. They might not be distinctly Homeric, but there seemed to be much glory in them. He had read of marches, sieges,
conflicts, and he had longed to see it all. His busy mind had drawn for him large pictures of extravagant in color, lurid
with breathless deeds.
- "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane
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Explanation:
Crane employs the strange use of a petty tone
in this passage where the main character is imagining war, marching and participating in the thrill of it. He is so narrow
minded because all he is thinking about is the pleasures of war, the glory, sieges, conflicts, and marches, all with out thinking
of the travesties and horrors that war can bring. He "burned several times to enlist" even though he would be extremely insignificant
and only a small portion of a larger whole, fighting for what their leader wanted them to fight for.
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