Literary Distillation

      In the expert from the AP English Literature and Composition, the narrator expresses a judgmental and disapproving attitude toward scientists for experimenting with natural things by using harsh, negative diction, switching point of views and imagery. Switching between the three major points of view, the narrator uses words and phrases such as "nasty pursuit", "miserable wretches", "cruel nastiness"and "nasty", and uses strong imagery to create a to create a negative and almost reprimanding tone of voice. This harsh, insulting tone creates a strong message to the audience that he does not like what they are doing, experimenting with nature and creatures, and that they need to eventually stop their acts against insects. The excerpt is a dismissive and somewhat ignorant "smack-talk" to the intellectual scientists, trying to better understand the natural word and its species living there.