04.03 Tone Analysis

   The story mainly suggests a negative tone due to the authors choice of words despite the few positive tones in the story. Below are examples of a negative and positive tone analysis from the story.

Positive Review

  First, the opening of the passage had the phrase  the fire burned brightly  which is positive in its tone, describing the warmth in contrast of the cold and wet night. Second, the word soothingly is  a positive tone describing the voice of Mrs White while comforting her husband that lost in a chess game.Third, the sentence his eyes got brighter is positive in tone, describing happy emotions in contrast to the beady eyes. Fourth, the sentence squared his bare shoulders is positive in its tone, describing how proud the sergeant-major is to talk about his travels and adventures. Lastly, the dialogue of Mrs White saying 'sounds like Arabian Nights' is positive in its tone, specifically the term Arabian Nights  describes the theme of forgiveness, justice, and humanity.

Negative Review

     The sentence the night was cold and wet is negative in its tone, describing the story's setting of a bad weather. The phrase radical changes and the sentence putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils  are negative in its tone, showing how Mr White's drive will let him go to extreme measures to win. Also, the word latter is negative in its tone describing Herbert's position between the father and son game of chess. The adjective order of a tall burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of visage connotes a negative tone, this suggests a bad quality such as greed or dishonesty. A rubicund face on the other hand does not exactly connote Santa Clause. The soldier regarded Herbert how the middle age wont to regarding presumptuous youth a which is negative in tone, describing how the sergeant views him and his dislike of  Herbert.