Snapshots Of a wedding Commentary

Peter Giese Formal Commentary Snapshots of a Wedding Bessie Head’s Snapshots of a Wedding is a perfect example of excessive uses of imagery, which projects ideas and concepts in my mind. The main underlying concepts and comparisons are that of tradition and modernity. Bessie Head projects multiple perspectives on the issues of tribal tradition and modernity. The overall tone, however, places small, yet growing, amounts of modernity in a traditional world. The set is …

…and “dim” express sadness, and sort of a sullen attitude, however mixed into the sad and dark words are happier and more alive words such as “joyously”, “swell”, “smiling”, and “pretty”. To me, this demonstrates my point again. Bessie Head is not expressing a point or a stance on the issues, she is merely presenting something that is going on in the cultures of Africa. Whether it is good or bad, it is the truth.