A sudden death of a loved one often needs to be followed with a time period of reflection and contemplation of one's past with, and future without, the deceased. Everyone has their own way to cope with the loss of someone they love. In The Mountain and the Valley, Effie's death causes David to reflect and regret his behaviour towards her. Ernest Buckler uses several different devices and techniques to magnify the effect of Effie's …showed first 75 words of 742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 742 total…techniques that Ernest Buckler used to emphasize regret, all worked together to enhance the importance of Effie's death on the development of David's personality. A death has the power to destroy or create one's life. In a sense death created a new path in David's life, a path that allowed him to acknowledge that he is no longer a child and that his actions, if not thought out thoroughly, could cause regret in the future.