Distillation

In the AP English Literature and Composition passage, the narrator establishes a subjective tone towards scientists by switching point of views, detailed imagery, and degrading diction. Throughout the narrator switches from first person to second person while using harsh words like “cruel nastiness” with the use of imagery to suggest a tone of unhappiness and negativity. The bitter tone implies that the narrator doesn’t approve of the scientists experimenting on the insects and that they should stop the cruel and inhumane acts on them. This passage was made for the narrator to address his views on scientists jobs being useless compared to people who actually have to work for their living and the harm they are causing to the environment.