... presented by each text, concerning the impacts of new found land on both an individual and a community. The Day of the Triffids immediately places the reader into foreign surroundings, where the protagonist Bill Mason reflects on how he "came to miss the end of the world". Wyndham has used descriptive language through Bill's observations of sounds, "this morning was different... no wheels rumbled, no buses roared, no sound of a car... no cooing of a pigeon, not the chirp of a sparrow", and emotions, "a nasty, empty feeling began to crawl up inside me", giving the audience an insight to Bill's thoughts and feelings. A first person narrative positions the audience to identify and empathise with the fear and confusion in both the inner and external new world of Bill. The Day of the Triffids expresses concern towards the consequences of corporate greed onto a society. Wyndham portrays this through ...

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