Essay "a View from a Bridge"

Essay "a View from a Bridge"

In the essay “A View from a Bridge,” the author, Cherokee Paul McDonald attempts to describe the world through words to a boy with no sight. McDonald uses very detailed descriptions of this account and in turn realizes that beauty is too often overlooked in everyday life.

In McDonald's essay, he uses his experience fishing with a blind boy. While he uses first person, he also uses dialogue to explain what’s going on. This allows the reader to get a feel for what’s going on. Through the important interaction of the author with the blind boy, you are able to see the lesson that is trying to be taught. The language the author selects for himself and the little boy help the audience to see into their characters. McDonald uses short sentences, symbolizing his short temper and lack of patience with the boy. McDonald portrays himself as an angry and ill character, at the beginning of the story by having him shout phrases at the boy and cussing at the little boy when the boy asks for help.

The little boy refers to McDonald as