y of the frontier and the experiences of others and his own. In the eighth chapter, Raban uses his mastery of tone to describe the uncomfortable situation of cattle branding. The tone of this piece is especially harsh and unforgiving. When describing the actual process of removing calves testicles the author uses words like, "plunged...exposed...snipped...shot...lopped", creating the emotion of pain. Raban deliberately chose this language for a reason making his audience feel uncomfortable; as uncomfortable as he did when witnessing this himself with his own two eyes
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