Cumulative Syntax in Essays and Stories We've Read in this Fall

"For more than twenty years I've had to live with it, feeling the shame, trying to push it away..." ~ Tim O'Brien, from "On the Rainy River."

"...and the trick was to maneuver the gun with your whole body, not lifting with the arms, just letting the rubber cord do the work for you."  ~  Tim O'Brien, from "On the Rainy River."

"The songs, books, poems, and films that arouse us in war are awkward and embarrassing when the conflict ends, useful only to summon up the nostalgia of war's comradeship."  ~ Chris Hedges, in "From The Destruction of Culture."

"And Tito's state pioneered the replacement of history with myth, forcing schoolchildren to memorize mythical stories about Tito's life and aphorisms."  ~  Chris Hedges, in "From The Destruction of Culture."

                    [I've highlighted the instances of cumulative syntax in italics. ~ PB]