Think of Dillard’s overall message. What purpose could using graphic detail serve? horrify the reader none, it’s just gross
appeal to an audience used to violence
show the violent instinct of animals

Read these lines from stanza 5 of the poem, “they shot wook kim” and answe the question. hung in the air/over that petroleum morgue that night. what does the use of the phrase “petroleum morgue” best suggest? an atmosphere of chemical detachment an unsettling place of ultimate rest a dark street containing a lifeless body an area containing putrid substances and smells