This passage presents us with a town which shows man's intrusion in a natural pristine setting. It brings out the author's concern about how the discovery of the mines has completely contaminated the town and turned it into a revolting place unfit for human habitation.
             The terrible impact of Industrialisation is the cause of the violation of this natural environment which has now turned into a fatal and monstrous presence. The people of this town are the void of life and are described as though they were ghosts or phantoms. Everything in the town spells death because all life has been crushed out, "the homogeneous amorphous sterility of the whole suggested death rather than life." The only hint of life present in the passage is the pub house
             The technique adapted by D.H Lawrence is vital for the proper effect this passage has to have on the reader. His conversational style is very informal. The sentences are long and full of junctures yet they are not complex at all. The reason for this was to convince us about the repulsiveness of this town. The use of long sentences create the effect of a nightmare that has no end: "a grey-black macadamized road, asphalt causeways, held in between a flat succession of wall, window and a door, a new brick channel that began nowhere, and ended nowhere." The monotony of the town is also portrayed in the long sentences. At one point the author adopts a kind of language often used by politicians, "There was no meeting place, no centre, no artery, no organic formation." He wants to stress the desperation of this town by emphasizing on its many flaws. D.H. Lawrence also applies a very effective technique called Hyperbole. This technique is easily recognised because of the exaggerating tone of the author. In this case the writer intensifies the ugliness of this town to turn us on his side.
             The author's total revulsion is also expressed by his choice
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