This article is a narrative article in which the author describes, through the eyes and psychology of a child, the impact of the telephone as a modern means of communication on the way of life in a small village in the mountains of Lebanon.
The author begins by devoting a great deal of space to describing the way of life in the small village before the arrival of the telephone, and then recounts the arrival of the telephone and the gradual changes that take place in the village in the eyes of a small child. The changes in people's lifestyles before and after the arrival of the phone call form a sharp contrast, leading the reader to think about the huge impact that modern science and technology have on our lives.
Although the author of the whole article does not explicitly express his point of view, he has indirectly expressed his own views vividly by describing the changes in people's lives in a child's innocent and simple world.
In rhetorical terms, the author uses paradox in addition to contrast, metaphor, and parallelism. It is worth mentioning that the author uses metaphors while also using language with local characteristics, which makes the article more lifelike and makes the reader feel immersed.
In addition, the author uses more transitional sentences in the narrative process, which makes the narrative of the article more compact, and the transformation of the narrative theme more natural, so that the structure of the article is clearer.
