Analysis of Diction in Child of God by Cormac McCarthy.

All authors display their own example of diction. In the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, the author shows diction which is both strange and southern slang. McCarthy begins by describing a character who enjoys hunting: “He could by god shoot it”. But sometimes the character would get in trouble for shooting at the fair: “Wouldn’t let him shoot no more”. With southern slang like “No more” and “Ye”, McCarthy further explains this diction. As shown, author Cormac McCarthy expresses his own type of diction in Child of God.