Words have always been used as a way to get out what one may think, wish, and/or desire. Sometimes, words have been used to order misdeeds or to create mayhem, but never have words directly killed someone, but the same cannot be said for the sword. Words may be used either in writing or in speech but a writer must consider the issue and audience carefully so that they may choose the most convincing methods. The manuscripts of Arthur Jarvis show that they were influenced by Abraham Lincoln’s own writings in his Second Inaugural Address and Gettysburg Address.
One of the most transparent styles was Jarvis’ use of repetition. His use of repetition like Lincoln’s, gives the audience a sense of whatever it is he is trying to say. On pages 178-179 of Cry, the Beloved Country, Jarvis continuously repeats “it was permissible” and “it is not permissible”, what he is trying to get out here is simple. He wants to let the audience know that what the whites had intended on when they first landed in South Africa was alright. Struck by the discovery of gold, whites from England came and established them selves very quickly while moving the blacks off to the side. “It might have been permissible in the early days of our country, “Jarvis says. He thinks that before the whites knew of the devastation that their colonization would cause to the Africans, it would be alright to just get rich, but that afterwards, it was not at all permissible to continue to subjugate the Africans after the villages and communities were being torn up. Another thing repetition helps to enforce is a sense of bond and union. Also with saying we, it gives a sense that we are all at fault for this, and that it isn’t just government big wigs to blame. In Jarvis’ second set of manuscripts on pages 187-188, he continues saying “we”, so that the reader may feel a sense of union with him. “We go as far as to credit Almighty God with having created black men to hew wood and draw water for white men.” This is...