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> During the botched robbery attempt, a woman suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound. Strategic use of passive voice is a classic tool of narrative making. Instead
by xyzzyz 5y ago
> During the botched robbery attempt, a woman suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound.
Strategic use of passive voice is a classic tool of narrative making. Instead of assuming people have agency in their actions, it is suggested that a gun he just happened to have in their hand just happened to discharge a projectile in the direction of the person who just happened to be robbed around the same time. It is all just something that happens to people.
- enriquto 5y agoYes, this rhetoric is dishonest and erodes the rest of the piece. It is so painfully obvious manipulation that it steers the reader against empathising with the tortured kid.
- roschdal 5y agoExactly. Mr. Manuel shot a woman.
- msrenee 5y agoI haven't found anywhere that identifies him as the shooter. I get the impression that there's not enough evidence to say who it was that shot the woman.