Kubic begins his piece by speaking directly to the reader What effect does this approach have on the overall

effectiveness of the piece?

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When a character starts the work talking directly with the reader, we can perceive an affinity effect between narrator and reader, leaving the work more personal and with a more confident effect. The reader, then, begins to be part of the work, as a person who is being confidant of the narrator and receiving all the report first hand.

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

his face was as red as an