Imagining Argentina Analyze how the author presents himself with reference to tone, word choice, and rhetorical structure. In the novel Imagining Argentina, by Lawrence Thornton, Thornton writes in a style that is all his own. His tone and word choice convey a sense of desperation. The book leads one man through some of the darkest days in many people's lives. Thornton finds a way to draw his readers into his work, bring us into the 1970…showed first 75 words of 415 total…

…showed last 75 words of 415 total…to the overall effect of the book. Imagining Argentina is a magical book with a sad tale. Its dark, morbid tone combined with strong, powerful sentences gives it its strength. It was written in a very "to the point" fashion. The sentences were short but not without a certain flow and poetry. If the author's point was to show the world the hardships of a group of very oppressed people, he definitely hit a home-run.