Okefenokee Hotel Room

The short excerpts about Okefenokee Swamp demonstrate how influential diction and tone are to convey images to an audience. The first passage is very informative, relying heavily on measurements and locations, but it also focuses on the positive aspects of the swamp: "exotic," "rare," "floating hearts." On the other hand the second passage relies heavily on descriptive adjectives project the tone of the author. The purpose is revealed through the word choice that evokes disgust ,"biting", "hell",and "festering." The author intends to reveal the horrid side of the swamp and maybe even exaggerate it. These two passages invoke two very different images in a readers mind; it seems as if the passages are talking about two different swamps. My parents and I had a very similar experience with hotel rooms. While we were vacationing in Canada we stayed in several hotel rooms that ranged widely in quality. Some were very spacious and furnished beautifully while others were cramped and didn't even provide free breakfast! Yet all the descriptions online used the same diction, depicting the hotels as an unique and comfortable experience. Well some were unique all right but not in a good way. This proves how words are deceptive as they can be chosen precariously to change the appearance of a place in a readers mind. In this case to attract more customers but in other passages, like in Okefenokee's case, to illustrate the authors personal view of the swamp. Photography also allows perspective to change but instead of using diction and tone it uses lighting and angles. These deceptive photos were also online next to the descriptions and while some captured the place exactly, many others altered the place and made it look better than it was. These two forms of art are very similar in that they can alter reality depending on the writer or the photographer.