Style Analysis The author in this story, Kevin McConnell, states that his main consideration in writing “The Road Beneath My Feet” was to develop a style that would remain consistent throughout the entire story. I feel that he accomplished this consistent style in a few different ways. One way the author tried to accomplish this was by the way that he used his figures of speech. Many of the authors’ statements were very similar if …showed first 75 words of 533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 533 total…will miss out on a lot of fun things that you are only capable of doing at a young age. Eventually, you will grow up. The old man in this story is the one supplying this wisdom and information to us. He’s been there before and he is telling the author just to take his time and not be in such a hurry, because the trail will still lead to his destination after dusk.