Galapagos Island

This paper will discuss the rhetorical differences and stylistic effects used in the two passages about the Galapagos Island. To begin with, the first passage describes the lack of vegetation found on the Galapagos Island using vivid language in an informational form. When the author first arrives at the island she expresses that nothing could be less inviting. At first sight there seems to be little signs of life. In line 10 from the passage she …

…might, after a penal conflagration”. The author is comparing the isles to the world after a burning fire. She goes on to talk about the abandoned cemeteries and old cities tumbling to their ruin. In line 31 the author states, “cut by the equator, they know not autumn, and they know not spring”. In this line the author uses poetry to describe the never changing forests. They never see autumn or spring because of their location.