McCarthy’s Diction by: Greg Gannon



All authors display their own style of diction. In the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, the author develops diction which is both clever and slang-like. An example of his diction could be used in a sentence saying “I looked down at this little gal I was with and give her a big wink and about that time they brought the old ape out”. This can show how he’s clever using different scenes to help the reader picture it. The term “ye” he uses does catch the reader’s eye even if it’s not in the most understanding way. The author starts off a sentence “ They was” which is more on the slang side which is fine unless the reader has a hard time understanding it. So basically Cormac is a unique type of author in both good ways and a little more complicated ways.