Week 2, Post A

Ninteen Minutes By Jodi Picoult

Vocab

1.) Subversive (77):tending to subvert or advocating subversion, in an attempt to overthrow or cause the destruction of an established or legally constituted government.
2.) Acquittal (98): the act of acquitting; discharge.

Figurative Language

1.)Similie. "He'd held onto his wife as if she were driftwood in the middle of this flood"(96). This is a similie, because not only the fact that it uses "as", but it is being compared to how Lewis and his wife felt with all the chaos;lost, and nowhere to go.

2.) Imagery. "They were whispered about even more quietly, as if their conditions were contagious to the rest of the unfortunate souls just taking up space in the hospital beds"(101). This is imagery, and a similie, because by reading it, you can just imagine how horrible it must have been to hear about the deaths. Also, it compares the alive and the dead.

3.) Similie. "Even the teachers stood with their hands over their mouths, as if they were afraid to let out any of the emotion, because once the floodgates opened, everything else in their path would be swept away"(145). This is also a similie, because similar to the first one, it uses as.

Quote

"It was easy to be proud of the kid who got straight A's and who made the winning basket-a kid the world already adored. But true character showed when you could find something to love in a child everyone else hated"(126). This quote is very significant, because at this point in the book, Lacy is going through a hard time, realizing that her son is the one who is being hated. She is torturing herself trying to find reasons to why peter might have acted as he did, and blames it on herself. I agree with Lacy though, because nobody is perfect, and those children who everyone hates need the love like the children who are adored.

Theme

A possible theme is treat others how you want to be treated, and don't put people down, because it could come back to haunt you.