The author in this story, Kevin McConnell, states that his main consideration in writing “” was to develop a style that would remain consistent throughout the entire story. I feel that he accomplished this consistent style in a few different ways. One way the author tried to accomplish this was by the way that he used his figures of speech. Many of the authors’ statements were very similar if not exact. For example, the author says a few times that “the dust would rise and choke me.” This figure of speech is ....