Topic > Visual Techniques in 'In A Dry Season' by Henry Lawson

The euphemism “the unemployed man begins cheerfully with a letter… and nothing else” indicates that the young man has no money, causing the reader to visualize the empty pocket . The denotation “he travels for a night and a day without eating a morsel” suggests his desperation due to poverty. Furthermore, we can imagine the frustration and desperation he feels when he “discovers that the station is eighty or a hundred miles away.” The uses of or indicate that this desperate journey in search of work is endless; no one knows when it will end. However Lawson sheds light on this” he explains… publican and coach driver. God bless the publicans and the coachman” allowing you to see that friendship will help the young man. Lawson motivates his audience by talking about an egalitarian Australian society "God forgive our social system", as together with him they embark on a journey in which they see the poverty and hardship of others. Lawson’s description “native industry…three roof tiles, a chimney…length of pipes on the slab” causes the reader to visualize how they can do a lot with very little of what they have, making them feel sympathetic.” The metaphorical phrase “animated mummy of a swagman” allows you to see that the sun has beaten this man and made him appear dead, revealing the poverty of the man. Lawson makes the reader imagine that death is constant in the bush