The mountain and the valley

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A sudden death of a loved one often needs to be followed with a time period of reflection and contemplation of one's past with, and future without, the deceased. Everyone has their own way to cope with the loss of someone they love. In The Mountain and the Valley, Effie's death causes David to reflect

and regret his behaviour towards her. Ernest Buckler uses several different devices and techniques to magnify the effect of Effie's death on David's future, such as, David's behaviour towards Effie, the theme of David encountering new experiences during his coming of age, and also literary devices such as flashbacks which were apparent through out David's attempts to coupe with the loss. These devices cause Effie's death to be portrayed as a major turning point in David's life. Ernest Buckler's writing style and techniques enhanced the importance of Effie's death in David's life.

As David reflected upon him and Effie's relationship prior to her death his immense amount of regrets make it apparent that his personality and behaviour is changed due to her death. Ernest Buckler portrays David and Effie as having a awkward relationship be

As David is reflecting on the changes that have happened recently in his life and the consequences which have derived from some of his actions, Ernest Buckler effectively uses literary devices, such as flashbacks, to continually emphasize the effects of Effie's death on David's life. David's flashbacks are of his final moments with Effie and are caused by the resentment he has for forcing her to go with him in the wet field. "The grass wasn't wet [it wasn't, it wasn't] and I didn't breathe a word of what we did, to Toby"(143). David resented it but he did just that. The field was wet and he did talk to Toby about what he had done. The flashbacks are an effective way to portray that David acknowledges that his actions were selfish. Other literary devices were used to enhance the importance of Effie's death as well. David has a epiphany, he suddenly comes to the revelation about childhood. "The essence of childhood is that the past is never thought of as something that might have been different" (146). He realizes that he is no longer a child.

girl" (143). He constantly made comments such as this one and bragged to Toby about what h

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