Use Of Vivid Writing Style In London

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While reading London’s two stories he portrayed an exceedingly vivid writing style. A very well executed example of this would be how London constantly used long and descriptive sentences in his story letting his vivid writing style shine through. An example of this in his story “Love Of Life” would be, “Near the horizon the sun was smoldering dimly, almost obscured by formless mists and vapors, which gave an impression of mass and density without outline of tangibility” is right in the beginning of the story helping us form the setting of the story. London also occasionally sneaks tone words into his writing. An example of this in the last quote would be smoldering. When I read that word, it made me feel more engaged using it than if he were

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