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AMildAttackofLocustsDorisLessingTheStructureoftheTextPart1:Thelifebeforethecomingoflocusts.Part2:Thecomingoflocustsandthefightagainstthem.Part3:Thefightover,people’sresponsestothedisaster,andtheirattitudetolife.Para1:Abumperharvestwasinsightandfarmerslivedacomfortablelife.Para2:Introductionofthefarmanddifferentresponsestothecomingoflocusts.Para3:Thecomingoflocusts.Part1:Para.1—3:Thelifebeforethecomingoflocusts.Part2:Para.4—19:Thecomingoflocustsandthefightagainstthem.Para4:Margaretandtheservantswentouttowatchlocusts.Para5:Herhusbandandherfather-in-lawgaveorders.Para6:Everyonetriedhardtofightagainsttheplague.Para7--8:Margaretdidnotknowwhattodo,andshewasaskedtoboilsomewater.Locustswereeverywhereingreatnumbers.Part2:Para.4—19:Thecomingoflocustsandthefightagainstthem.

Para9–15:ThetalkbetweenherandStephen,andhersuggestionofleavingthefarm.Para16–19:Shebehavedpassivelyandhumblyinfrontofherhusband,andshecriedbecausemisfortunesnevercomealone.Part3:Para.20—theend:Thefightover,people’sresponsestothedisasterandtheirattitudetolife.Para20–27:Afterthefight,peoplecameback,andtheydiscussedwhattheywoulddoafterthelocustshadgone.Para28–29:Thenightwasquiet,butMargaretsleptbadly.Thenextmorning,shecameoutandwasfascinatedwiththesceneryoutside.Para30–37:ShejoinedStephenandtheytalkedaboutthelocusts.Thelocustswentaway,andthewholeplacewasstarkandbarewithnothingingreen.Para38–40:Thefarmersbegantowork,withhope,strongwillandcontinuousefforts.Thestylisticfeatures

ofthestory:1.Shemakesuseofspecific,concretedetails–sounds,light,movements,andcolortorender

thescenerealisticandvivid.

sound:yell,ring,shout,clamour,thud,bang.Clang,sharpcrack,…

light:distorted,blazing,thickhotorange,red-tingedgold,blueandclear,…

color:rust-colour,ox-blood,pink,denseblack,reddish,red-brown,pervertedblackness,...

movement:rise,pour,hoist,falllikehail,cling,crawl,onrush,swell,…

walk:jogoff,crawl,marchbravely,wadethrough,plungeinto,…2.Sheemploysexaggerationandarangeofimageryindescribingthelocuststocreateavividpicture:

1).alonglowcloudadvancing,…swellingforward2).thesmokewasrisingfrommyriadsoffires

3).theairgetsthickwithsmoke4).Behindthereddishveilsinfrontwhichwerethe

advanceguardsoftheswarm,…5).Thesebeggarscaneat…6).lookingatherwiththeirbeadyold-men’seyes,…7).crunchinglocustsunderfootwitheverystep,…8).Thetreeswereraggedmoundsofglisteningbrown.9).Theywerelikesmallaircraft,manoeuvringforthetake-off,tryingtheirwingstoseeiftheyeredryenough.3.Shedeliberatelyreferstothelocustindifferentformstoavoidmonotony:1).astreakofrustcolouredair2).alonglowcloudadvancing3).thereddishveils…theadvancingguards,…4).heavyred-browncreatures,…5).clottedwithinsects,…6).Themainswarmisn’tsettling.7).Ifwecanstopthemainbodysettling,…8).Areddishbrownsteamwasrisingoff,…9).Bymiddaythereddishcloudhadgone.4.池S她he商v皂ar猴ie劈燕s涌th她e科le烤ng后th包a妙nd逢c撕om搬pl培ex爽it編y槍of右s滔en柳te剛nc漁es但t白o蒙av樓oi午d沙mo必no勤to采ny致.5.歷S維he始c押ha透ng今es伶t退he慶s臺en驢te向nc廚e伶or厚de孕r毫by結(jié)u催si交ng老a蝦l捆ot拿o律f提in史ve易rt雀ed盟s們en脫te魯nc債es矩t黑o榮cr思ea您te怖a頭v勉iv擊id鎖ne鴿ss暗o菊f燒th麥e剪mo滅ve倚me課nt旋s緩an費d許ac蛛ti策on屬s.6.歇S增he浙e繳mp嬸lo他ys嬌s姨im哨il嗓es懶t菊o雷he孤lp煉u喉s安to慣p虹ic寫tu釀rest饞hth訓(xùn)ro始ug危h魚co敢mp塵ar鑄is持on食.7.欄T旱he井e酒nd筑r孕em踢ar孔k詠is絲式f冊or授ce魔fu宋l聯(lián)an省d斗me陰an綿in避gf聰ul軍t脊ho患ug寫h閱th館e毅wo自rd西s閘ar羞e忽pl沖ai轉(zhuǎn)n防an骨d掙th攀e離to愿ne粉i況s鞏mi殼ld擊.8.暫H歲er濟l矩an衰gu供ag攤e者is銅l昌ik禾e懲da須i