Tiwn Beds in Rome

When reading this story we all immediately saw how great Updike is at using sound devices. Just within the first few lines you here the prominent A, C, and T noises: "For their conversations, increasingly ambivalent and ruthless as accusation, retraction, blow, and caress alternated and canceled, had the final effect of knitting them even tighter together in a painful, helpless, degrading intimacy." When reading this quote out loud, you get a powerful statement because there are stresses in each and every word.  Updike creates an atmosphere where us readers want to continue reading because right off the bat, within the first paragraph, we already see sound devices.  Then just on the next page he uses another device.  Updike personifies the main characters marriage. "Bleeding, mangled, reverently laid in its tomb a dozen times, their marriage could not die."  We really liked this quote because it showed us how Updike does not just tell us their marriage has had many bumps but they somehow are still together and always will be.  He uses the personification to show us readers how the marriage is.  This is something we all enjoy most about reading these pieces from Updike.  You usually do not get the normal telling.  He shows us in creative ways.  Not only that we get to know the characters relationship really well without getting bored by a list of traits each character has. Updike does not stick to one device he consistently switches paragraph after paragraph to create the ultimate reading experience.