Week , Post A

Vocab

1.) giardiasis (174): an intestinal disorder characterized by abdominal discomfort and prolonged, intermittent diarrhea, caused by the protozoan
2.) meticulous (216): taking or showing extreme care about minute details

Fig Lang

1.) Metaphor. "Hands trembling, Caroline slid the newspaper clipping from her pocket. She had carried it for two weeks, her heart surging every time she touched it"(242). This quote is a metaphor because it describes how Caroline feels when she touches the clipping.
2.) Imagery. "The hillsides steepened and streams cascaded down and the houses grew steadily sparser, poorer"(263). This quote is imagery because i can imagine what this view looks like.
3.) Imagery. "The early light caught in her haid, frosted yesterday, glinting with red and gold"(276) This quote is clearly imagery because it describes her hair so that it is easy for the reader to imagine it.

Quote

"He had felt some darkness open up inside him when he saw his father's face, emotions that, at five, Paul couldn't explain or describe but that he knew already had to do with sorrow. His mother, too, when she'd taken the picture fromm his father, was touched with sadness but she slipped a mask over it"(213). This quote is another great part of this novel. masks. Paul knows that his parents are going through a rough time and he knows more than they think he does. His mother just slips over a mask of her true feelings whenever she is out or around anyone else because paul knows that, that is not how she really acts.

Theme

Another theme is masks. not literal masks, but pretend masks that hide your true feelings.