In this set piece I attempted to build off  “The Tree Outside” quick-write. My pursuits were to include repetition, oxymorons, and personification. I started this story off with the words I repeat throughout the story, “he stands”. Repetition is repeating a word or a set of words in a story to make it more powerful. I also tried to scatter a few oxymorons here and there. Oxymorons are two contrasting words that are placed together to give a greater effect.“blinding darkness”, “silence echos”, and “unsettling stillness” were the 3 oxymorons I included in this story. Lastly, I focused on personification. Personification is when you give human qualities to something that is not human. I wanted to write as the tree in 3rd person. This means that I referred to the tree as “he”, giving it a human-like quality. Furthermore, I described the tree with his body trembling, sweat and tears rolling down its face, etc. My favorite part of the story is the last sentence where I try to wrap this all up and expose the meaning behind the story.