Style of writing in lines 111-121

Part of your assignment requires you to analyze the style of writing in lines 111-121 in Corina Zappia’s article “Losing Whiteness When You Lose Your Father”. The language is simple and helps readers connect to the writer’s message.

In lines 111-121, Zappia talks about trying to find a new identity for herself after her father’s death. To illustrate her ideas, she relies on parallelism. The similar structure of consequent sentences highlights Zappia’s thoughts about losing her whiteness: 

To lose whiteness (...)is to fear that you can only be defined through the presence of that person. It is to pick up the pieces after that person is gone, and build a new person. (ll. 112-114)

Here, Zappia highlights the fact that, although she has lost her father, she understands what it takes to r...