Authors often write so that they may express their views on various subjects. Other times, they may wish to make people realize an important truth. In Cormac McCarthy's novel The Crossing, there is a passage that shows how a man's view of life is changed by something that he experiences. This dynamic experience is the death of a wolf. McCarthy shows how using imagery and sentence structure alters the mindset of the man. Through the …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 649 total…a profound affect on the man, but it is irrelevant in context with the meaning of the passage. The man finds out for himself that there is more to life than the insignificant details. McCarthy expresses this revelation through imagery and sentence structure. Trifle details are not the importance of life, it is the big picture, knowing that one person does not control the destiny of everything is an important realization that everyone must make.