In a person's head, everything is stronger: they have the strongest sense of expression in their own mind. The reader can feel the narrator's emotionality in its full, unblemished capacity in his head. The narrator uses rhetorical questions many times, generally asking the same question: "Are you punishing me, God?" (17). It's a simple but powerful question. The narrator is so shocked by her situation that she feels as if a higher power is playing with her. There is no one else in the story who can calm her down, so she carries this idea forward and brings the reader along with her. She tries to make sense of the punishment she believes she is being subjected to, using repetition: "we haven't hurt anyone... things only go bad when they hurt people... we haven't hurt a single soul" (17 ), which creates a pleading tone. The narrator begs not to go through all this, but the way she does so puts the reader on edge: all the repetition is disturbing. Her seriousness when talking to God in her head makes her seem very unstable, and since the point of view is limited to reading his thoughts and only his thoughts, there is no cushion. The reader only experiences his instability. The end of the monologue contributes to the haunting emotion that runs through the entire story, with the narrator making a final plea to God and closing with a countdown. (20).