The Ultimate Safari | Style
Diction
Throughout the telling of her story, the narrator of ‘‘The Ultimate Safari’’ employs a simple, colloquial diction with sentences that are sparse and stripped of all ornamentation. In fact, the diction that Gordimer has given the narrator contributes to the surprise readers may experience upon learning that the narrator is a black Mozambique refugee. While the story she tells is consistent with a refugee’s experience, her diction hints at her being a young white English-speaking girl. There are no idiomatic expressions, slang phrases, or sentence...
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