Style Mapping

In this passage from Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian," he uses common familiarity and suggestive language mixed with a harmonious and sweet sound. In the passage from Neil Gaiman's "Stardust," Gaiman uses formal elegance and straight-forward language. In a passage from Cherry Adair's "Out of Sight," she uses blunt vulgarity, noisy and straight-forwardness to get her point across. From these three passages, Gaiman had more of a scholarly way of writing. He used words like "amidst," "treacherously," and "placid" setting you into a higher style of writing. Adair's passage is more of a in-your-face type of writing. She says things like "She was in ready position, but frozen like a deer in headlights, sniper rifle silent, and useless, in her hands." To me, that just seems more of a "Hey! Here it is!!!" type of writing. McCarthy, on the other hand, is literal but is elevated in his writing techniques. He uses phrases like He's left behind the pinewood country and the evening sun declines before him beyond an endless swale and dark falls here like a thunderclap and a cold wind sets the weeds to gnashing." Yes, it seems like the people didn't have a high education, but when I read it, I have to think and have to really pay attention to what the author is saying. All of the passages are good in their own way. It just shows that there are different types of writings out there for everyone to enjoy.