"And they are all at peace. All those who were meant to die have died: those who believed one thing, those who believed the contrary thing, and even those who believed nothing at all, yet were caught up in the web without knowing why. All dead: stiff, useless, rotting. And those who have survived will now begin quietly to forget the dead: they won't remember who was who or which was which, It is all over. Antigone is calm tonight, and we shall never know the name of the fever that consumed her. She has played her part"(53).
This passage is located at the very end of the play. This passage is used in a kind of conclusion manner to rap everything up and make the last point before the play ends completely.
"And they are all at peace" Shows that all people have found their place and can finally rest. This is shown through all of the mentions of the characters that have died. When they die it means that they can rest in peace which is where the reference comes from. When "all those who were meant to die have died" it refers to how fate is used in the book. All things are inevitable, the people who die will die and the people who are meant to live will live. All of it is inevitable, both life and death are. I find this interesting that they are both contradictory and yet they happen kind of like how in the next part where the author mentions that the people who died believed one thing and the other the contrary thing, it also applies to the death and life. Antigone wanting to die versus everyone else not wanting her to die, they connect to each other and contradict each other at the same time. It shows the views of each person in the book, the people who were not even around even directly involved were somehow tied shown. The people who believed to die Antigone, the people who did not believe, Haemon and the one who did not believe at all and did nothing but die right after the fact. This also connects to the next part when the author uses "were caught up in the web without knowing why" the web being a symbol that stands for the connections of each person to one another, and the bond that cannot really be understood or known why it is there. They could have been connected by fate that this was all supposed to happen. They were supposed to die to become meaningless, to become stiff and useless to the world, to come to an end. The use of descriptive words when describing how they become meaningless describes how each person will eventually fall to their fate. "And those who have survived will now begin quietly to forget the dead: they won't remember who was who or which was which, It is all over" this repetition of forgetfulness is used to put emphasis on the people who are living that want to forget the people who have died. I think this could be that multiple people have died and so they may get confused and may try to cover that up and try to forget it because it was in the past and they just want forget the terrible memories because they must continue to live. When the author uses "Antigone calm tonight" it means that she has finally gotten what she had wanted and does not have to worry about loneliness anymore when it comes to being in the cave and in life. She had people who loved and cared about her and now she may rest in peace now that her worry is all over with. "She has played her part" I think the author uses this to describe how Antigone connected everyone together and was the tier of their fates.
I wonder what "we shall never know the name of the fever that consumed her" means. I think it is talking about the craziness that has come over her when she wants to die and keeps admitting it. The confusion is she really does not want to die, which could have been why they said this quote.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Antigone Journal # 3
A contradiction I saw appears multiple times was beauty versus ugliness. Creon is saying that Antigone is ugly because of what she is doing and what she is saying. She is ugly for talking about burying her brother and wanting to help him have eternal rest. She is ugly for wanting to bury someone she thinks deserves to have that after they die, to help her brother that she loves. Antigone agrees to this because she believes she is ugly because her father was ugly, but by burying her brother she can become beautiful by doing what is right and speaking her mind as did her father become a beautiful loved king. Also another thing I saw brought up multiple times was the thought of death versus life. When Antigone and Creon discuss Antigone's life Creon does not want her to die because he is tired of paying for the kingdom with things and does not want to pay with Antigone as well. He wants her to live life in a fake illusion of happiness by marrying his son Haemon. Antigone wants to do what is right and wants to bury her brother, she also wants to pay the consequences for what she has done, and she would rather die than live life with the illusion happiness. She finally comes to make this clearer to Creon that she wishes to die for what she has done and is taken away by the Guards.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Antigone #2 Time line
-Talking about Polynices to be left out to rot.
- Antigone and Ismene talk about burying their brother.
- Ismene and Antigone talk about being put to death for burying their brother.
- She plans on going against what Ismene says and chooses to bury him anyways.
-Antigone, in Ismene's clothes and make up, goes to see her fiance Heamon and talks to him to understand that he really does love her like she loves him.
-They both get in an argument because her fiance laughs at her, Antigone gets upset and leaves.
-Antigone wakes up after sleeping for a while when she comes home from meeting with Heamon.
-Antigone after waking up early goes to bury Polynices.
-After burring Polynices, she comes home and gets caught by the Nurse, she wonders where she has been, Antigone makes up random things to change the subject.
-Antigone tells the Nurse to treat her dog as if it were herself (Antigone) taking care of the dog and makes her promise.
-Haemon comes to the house, the nurse leaves, they talk about love and she tries to find out if he really does love her the way she loves him.
- She makes Haemon leave without a word after she tells him that she will be killed for burying her brother.
- Ismene is worried that her sister as buried their brother but then her thoughts have been proven when Antigone states that she has buried him. "You are too late, Ismene. When you first saw me this morning, I had just come in from burying him"(20).
Super interesting thoughts:
I thought it was interesting how whenever a person started thinking there were many pauses, or breaks with periods or comas between the first word and the second or the second and the third.
I also thought it was interesting how one second the nurse talked about Antigone being willful and at a point wicked, then in a very short portion of time she went to calling her Kitten and, Darling, Dear,
- Antigone and Ismene talk about burying their brother.
- Ismene and Antigone talk about being put to death for burying their brother.
- She plans on going against what Ismene says and chooses to bury him anyways.
-Antigone, in Ismene's clothes and make up, goes to see her fiance Heamon and talks to him to understand that he really does love her like she loves him.
-They both get in an argument because her fiance laughs at her, Antigone gets upset and leaves.
-Antigone wakes up after sleeping for a while when she comes home from meeting with Heamon.
-Antigone after waking up early goes to bury Polynices.
-After burring Polynices, she comes home and gets caught by the Nurse, she wonders where she has been, Antigone makes up random things to change the subject.
-Antigone tells the Nurse to treat her dog as if it were herself (Antigone) taking care of the dog and makes her promise.
-Haemon comes to the house, the nurse leaves, they talk about love and she tries to find out if he really does love her the way she loves him.
- She makes Haemon leave without a word after she tells him that she will be killed for burying her brother.
- Ismene is worried that her sister as buried their brother but then her thoughts have been proven when Antigone states that she has buried him. "You are too late, Ismene. When you first saw me this morning, I had just come in from burying him"(20).
Super interesting thoughts:
I thought it was interesting how whenever a person started thinking there were many pauses, or breaks with periods or comas between the first word and the second or the second and the third.
I also thought it was interesting how one second the nurse talked about Antigone being willful and at a point wicked, then in a very short portion of time she went to calling her Kitten and, Darling, Dear,
Monday, November 14, 2011
Antigone Journal # 1
I think the placing of the characters on the steps are good, but i would make large huge block steps for each character to stand on, such as Antigone at the top, i think this would symbolize her on her way towards talking to the king and being a strong willful character. I would also take Antigones costume into great consideration. I would make her costume a symbol for her strong character and make it stand out above the others, but at the same time make it plain and lifeless to stand for her fate to death because of her name. I would make it a high class type look, but make it gray for death and white and gold to symbolize power, high class and youth.
Ismene would be standing with young men, on a higher point, almost like a pedestal in the back, but still close to the ground. She would be wearing rose red to symbolize beauty. As for the man she is talking to, Haemon, will be standing on a slightly higher pedestal also in the back, wearing purple to symbolize wealth and royalty.
The Chorus should be two people, because one person at times seems to repeat the other such as "She is thinking. She is thinking that the instant[...] (3). This makes me think that one person, maybe a main chorus speaker is speaking then the other cuts in to complete the message, almost to add an emphasis on certain points in the performance, or to add in new details that the reader or observer should know or take into consideration. I kept reading it like one person would read the beginning or a sentence then a pause then switch off every time there was a coma.
Ismene would be standing with young men, on a higher point, almost like a pedestal in the back, but still close to the ground. She would be wearing rose red to symbolize beauty. As for the man she is talking to, Haemon, will be standing on a slightly higher pedestal also in the back, wearing purple to symbolize wealth and royalty.
The Chorus should be two people, because one person at times seems to repeat the other such as "She is thinking. She is thinking that the instant[...] (3). This makes me think that one person, maybe a main chorus speaker is speaking then the other cuts in to complete the message, almost to add an emphasis on certain points in the performance, or to add in new details that the reader or observer should know or take into consideration. I kept reading it like one person would read the beginning or a sentence then a pause then switch off every time there was a coma.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Lit term test make up
Mood:
The thing made itself into pictures and hung around Janie's bedside all night long"(120). Mood is used to show how the thoughts of death and love and her missing Tea Cake flowed through her head as she sat there. The mood expressed is a worried thought.
Oxymoron:
"The director spoke to me again. But I wasn't really listening anymore." The oxymoron is when the director "spoke" to Meursault and he was not "listening" anymore. The words contradict each other because one refers him speaking which he would have to pay attention and listen to know and then Meursault saying he was not really listening anymore.
Euphemism:
"Mother Deceased"(3) instead of saying dead mom, or your mother is dead, they use deceased to make it sound more sympathetic towards the character.
Motif:
"I just stood there at the bottom, my head ringing from the sun, unable to face the effort it would take to climb the wooden staircase and face the women again"(56-57). Multiple motifs show up in the novel. The motif of the sun is used directly towards the heat, it's warmth, and brightness. Another motif is the use of women, they are resembled mainly to do with sex. Motifs in this are used to show how the heat of the sun causes ringing in Meursaults head.
Theme:
"a gramme is better than a damn"(116). The theme portrayed by this quote is controlling society by means of technology. This is shown both through using recoding devices to place messages in the childrens heads and mechanically created soma to control a constant high for all beings in the society.
satire:
"Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. But there were also husbands"(40). Satire is used to make fun of actual relationships in the novel. All forms of relationships are frowned down upon in the society. The characters in the society have trouble forming stable relationships with other humans.
Structure:
In their eyes were watching god the book is set up to go around Janie's thoughts. This is an example of how structure is used.
Simile:
"But the heat was so intense that it was just as bad standing still in the blinding stream falling from the sky"(57). Simile is used to describe the steam falling from the sky. Normally steams do not fall from the sky.
Juxtaposition:
"there was the church and the villagers on the sidewalks, then red geraniums on the graves in the cemetery, Perez fainting"(18). The author compares and describes the red geraniums at the same time as the cemetery and Perez fainting.
Ambiguity:
"He asked if I loved Maman. I said, yes, the same as anyone"(67). Two meanings are proposed in this passage, Meaursault saying he loved his mother, and a deeper meaning saying that it was not what everyone had recalled as the same love that a mother son relationship would have.
Imagery:
"a gloaty, sparkly white"(47). Imagery is used to enhance the houses appearance for the reader to achieve a clear vivid visual that they can quickly identify.
Tone:
"That evening I thought about it and told myself that maybe she had gotten tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. It also occured to me that maybe she was sick, or dead. The tone is set by Meursault talking about Marie. I think that he is bringing up a bit of a concern or worry towards the matter because he begins to think about Marie again after she stops sending letters to him. I think the tone is worry and concern.
Parallel Structure:
"A society of Alphas couldn't fail to be unstable and miserable"(222). Parallels structure is used between this sentence and in the next sentence when Mustapha Mond talks about alphas having individual thoughts and hereditary which would lead to society being unstable and miserable.
Personification:
"The sea gasped for air with each shallow, stifled little wave that broke on the sand"(57). Personification is used to show how the sea had waves that were almost like humans gasping for air.
Symbol:
"Crosses had their tops cut and became T's"(52). Symbol is used when crosses tops are cut off to change from Christianity to a new age of Ford in the book. T's are the Symbol for Ford in the book.
Foil:
"the burst of applause was cut short by Joe taking the floor himself"(43). Foil is used when a supporting character Tony is used to make Joe look better in the book. This is done by Tony being one of the towns peoples and Joe being the mayor.
Hyperbole:
"An abyss threatening to swallow up society"(101). The Hyperbole used is the court describing Meursaults heart as an "Abyss". A heart is not an abyss it is an internal organ, this term is to put emphasis on Meursaults heartlessness.
Point of view:
"She wasn't even angry. Logan was accusing her of her mamma, her grandmama, and her feelings, and she couldn't do a thing about any of it"(32) Point of view is used to show Janie's feelings towards the argument she had with Logan.
Denoument:
"Told me in a bizarre language that i was to have my head cut off in a public square in the name of the french people"(108) Denouement is used in describing the Judges strange language when talking about cutting off Meursaults head.
Epiphany:
"As is a blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself-so like a brother, really-I felt that i had been happy and that i was happy again"(122-123). Epiphany comes into play when Meursault comes to understand that he was actually happy with his life rather than what he seemed to be in a "soulless" or emotional manner to everyone else in the book.
Chronology:
"When I entered prison, they took away my belt, my shoelaces, my tie, and everything I had in my pockets, My cigarettes in particular. Once in my cell, I asked to have them back. But I was told I wasn't allowed"(78)
Chronology is used to show specific times when Meursault is put in jail to the time spent in there and the process taken to be put in there.
Antihero:
"She saw him stiffen himself all over as he leveled and took aim"(184). Antihero is used to show the difference in Teacakes choices when he is under the mad-dog sickness. He goes from a loving husband who treats Janie very well to a man who is about ready to kill.
Repetition:
"The third was hitting her with a whip. Once, twice, three times; and each time Linda screamed[..] "Please,Please."[...] The whip came down again, and again Linda screamed"(126) Repetition is used on the multiple times Linda is whipped for sleeping with multiple men in the reservation.
Allusion:
"The rest of the town looked like servants' quarters surrounding the "Big House". And different from everybody else in the town he put off moving in until it had painting, in and out. And look at the way he painted it- a gloaty, sparkly white"(47)Allusion is used to compare the peoples homes in the town to the mayors glamorous living conditions. The Allusion is the Beautiful "gloaty, sparkly white" house which represents almost as if it were an art piece.
Paradox:
"Dawn and doom was in the branches"(8). Paradox is shown through the contrast of dark and light is used at the same time when describing the tree Janie saw her life like.
The thing made itself into pictures and hung around Janie's bedside all night long"(120). Mood is used to show how the thoughts of death and love and her missing Tea Cake flowed through her head as she sat there. The mood expressed is a worried thought.
Oxymoron:
"The director spoke to me again. But I wasn't really listening anymore." The oxymoron is when the director "spoke" to Meursault and he was not "listening" anymore. The words contradict each other because one refers him speaking which he would have to pay attention and listen to know and then Meursault saying he was not really listening anymore.
Euphemism:
"Mother Deceased"(3) instead of saying dead mom, or your mother is dead, they use deceased to make it sound more sympathetic towards the character.
Motif:
"I just stood there at the bottom, my head ringing from the sun, unable to face the effort it would take to climb the wooden staircase and face the women again"(56-57). Multiple motifs show up in the novel. The motif of the sun is used directly towards the heat, it's warmth, and brightness. Another motif is the use of women, they are resembled mainly to do with sex. Motifs in this are used to show how the heat of the sun causes ringing in Meursaults head.
Theme:
"a gramme is better than a damn"(116). The theme portrayed by this quote is controlling society by means of technology. This is shown both through using recoding devices to place messages in the childrens heads and mechanically created soma to control a constant high for all beings in the society.
satire:
"Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. But there were also husbands"(40). Satire is used to make fun of actual relationships in the novel. All forms of relationships are frowned down upon in the society. The characters in the society have trouble forming stable relationships with other humans.
Structure:
In their eyes were watching god the book is set up to go around Janie's thoughts. This is an example of how structure is used.
Simile:
"But the heat was so intense that it was just as bad standing still in the blinding stream falling from the sky"(57). Simile is used to describe the steam falling from the sky. Normally steams do not fall from the sky.
Juxtaposition:
"there was the church and the villagers on the sidewalks, then red geraniums on the graves in the cemetery, Perez fainting"(18). The author compares and describes the red geraniums at the same time as the cemetery and Perez fainting.
Ambiguity:
"He asked if I loved Maman. I said, yes, the same as anyone"(67). Two meanings are proposed in this passage, Meaursault saying he loved his mother, and a deeper meaning saying that it was not what everyone had recalled as the same love that a mother son relationship would have.
Imagery:
"a gloaty, sparkly white"(47). Imagery is used to enhance the houses appearance for the reader to achieve a clear vivid visual that they can quickly identify.
Tone:
"That evening I thought about it and told myself that maybe she had gotten tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. It also occured to me that maybe she was sick, or dead. The tone is set by Meursault talking about Marie. I think that he is bringing up a bit of a concern or worry towards the matter because he begins to think about Marie again after she stops sending letters to him. I think the tone is worry and concern.
Parallel Structure:
"A society of Alphas couldn't fail to be unstable and miserable"(222). Parallels structure is used between this sentence and in the next sentence when Mustapha Mond talks about alphas having individual thoughts and hereditary which would lead to society being unstable and miserable.
Personification:
"The sea gasped for air with each shallow, stifled little wave that broke on the sand"(57). Personification is used to show how the sea had waves that were almost like humans gasping for air.
Symbol:
"Crosses had their tops cut and became T's"(52). Symbol is used when crosses tops are cut off to change from Christianity to a new age of Ford in the book. T's are the Symbol for Ford in the book.
Foil:
"the burst of applause was cut short by Joe taking the floor himself"(43). Foil is used when a supporting character Tony is used to make Joe look better in the book. This is done by Tony being one of the towns peoples and Joe being the mayor.
Hyperbole:
"An abyss threatening to swallow up society"(101). The Hyperbole used is the court describing Meursaults heart as an "Abyss". A heart is not an abyss it is an internal organ, this term is to put emphasis on Meursaults heartlessness.
Point of view:
"She wasn't even angry. Logan was accusing her of her mamma, her grandmama, and her feelings, and she couldn't do a thing about any of it"(32) Point of view is used to show Janie's feelings towards the argument she had with Logan.
Denoument:
"Told me in a bizarre language that i was to have my head cut off in a public square in the name of the french people"(108) Denouement is used in describing the Judges strange language when talking about cutting off Meursaults head.
Epiphany:
"As is a blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself-so like a brother, really-I felt that i had been happy and that i was happy again"(122-123). Epiphany comes into play when Meursault comes to understand that he was actually happy with his life rather than what he seemed to be in a "soulless" or emotional manner to everyone else in the book.
Chronology:
"When I entered prison, they took away my belt, my shoelaces, my tie, and everything I had in my pockets, My cigarettes in particular. Once in my cell, I asked to have them back. But I was told I wasn't allowed"(78)
Chronology is used to show specific times when Meursault is put in jail to the time spent in there and the process taken to be put in there.
Antihero:
"She saw him stiffen himself all over as he leveled and took aim"(184). Antihero is used to show the difference in Teacakes choices when he is under the mad-dog sickness. He goes from a loving husband who treats Janie very well to a man who is about ready to kill.
Repetition:
"The third was hitting her with a whip. Once, twice, three times; and each time Linda screamed[..] "Please,Please."[...] The whip came down again, and again Linda screamed"(126) Repetition is used on the multiple times Linda is whipped for sleeping with multiple men in the reservation.
Allusion:
"The rest of the town looked like servants' quarters surrounding the "Big House". And different from everybody else in the town he put off moving in until it had painting, in and out. And look at the way he painted it- a gloaty, sparkly white"(47)Allusion is used to compare the peoples homes in the town to the mayors glamorous living conditions. The Allusion is the Beautiful "gloaty, sparkly white" house which represents almost as if it were an art piece.
Paradox:
"Dawn and doom was in the branches"(8). Paradox is shown through the contrast of dark and light is used at the same time when describing the tree Janie saw her life like.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Comments on other journals
Clara:
I thought your thought on upper castes being more susceptible to developing personal beliefs was very interesting. Is it because they seem to have more knowledge on things that others do not? and how will it detract from the community as a whole?
Vlada:
I agree with the use of all of the sound words as well! I saw them all throughout the first couple pages when they were describing the Hatchery and conditioning center. I thought it was interesting how you saw the words "instruments" and "fertilizers" as a more futuristic setting implication, by the use of more scientific words it does have more of a science-fiction type futuristic take to it!
Katey:
I liked how you used specific details in the book to create ideas about settings and characters, such as the rugs meaning the house was not taken care of or the mustache meaning the man had power.
I thought your thought on upper castes being more susceptible to developing personal beliefs was very interesting. Is it because they seem to have more knowledge on things that others do not? and how will it detract from the community as a whole?
Vlada:
I agree with the use of all of the sound words as well! I saw them all throughout the first couple pages when they were describing the Hatchery and conditioning center. I thought it was interesting how you saw the words "instruments" and "fertilizers" as a more futuristic setting implication, by the use of more scientific words it does have more of a science-fiction type futuristic take to it!
Katey:
I liked how you used specific details in the book to create ideas about settings and characters, such as the rugs meaning the house was not taken care of or the mustache meaning the man had power.
Brave New World Journal # 3
In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates a society that is much different from ours through customs, morals and values. In the book young characters family values are corrupted by children never growing up without parents and never really learning the value of relationships. This corruption begins when the characters in the society have "erotic" play with each-other in classes each day. When such a serous thing is brought to children they do not take it seriously, they take it as for fun. The characters are built at a young age to not find any value other than fun and happiness, because of this sex is no longer seen as a serious thing, with commitment, intimacy or value. All value from characters is then stripped away because everything is then put at the same level. Love becomes unknown to to the children. All sex and love have become a meaningless thing towards the characters in the book because they can have anyone they want any day. When they have this, love is no longer needed in order to get involved with one another and the people are corrupted into thinking that sex is alright without any love. People in Brave New world never learn morals or values for any serous situation, they take everything the same, and everything is done the same, nothing changes for them.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Dystopian Journal #2
The significant passage is located on page 132 and follows onto page 133 ( "He hated Pope more and more[...] And suddenly there were more words".) This passage happens right after the beating of Linda and John due to Linda sleeping with other men in the reservation. The passage was written to show Johns rage for Pope when he is with his mother. He begins to acknowledge his anger for Pope only after first reading Shakespeare, this happens because he learns words to express what he feels instead of not being able to show or explain them before reading them. As the words flow he begins to lose control of his emotions and shows significance of emotions that reside in the book.
Characterization:
This passage stood out more than others because of its high emotional state when hatred is involved and discovered in the book. It shows how John comes to an uncontrollable and confused with anger when thinking of Pope. “He hated pope more and more. [...] His heart seemed to have disappeared and left a hole. He was empty, and cold, and rather sick, and giddy. He leaned against the wall to steady himself. Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous...."(132-133). The more we look at this the more we see John's character due to his emotions. John beforehand had not experienced anything like this. He did not know of anger and hatred. He only discovered this after reading Shakespeare and learning new words that he could describe his hatred with. Because of the words learned his hatred could grow stronger and become more uncontrolled as it grew because he could finally express them in some manner instead of suppressing them or not being able to show them in any manner. John is seen as a very emotionally controlled person because of this passage, which could prove to other points in the book as to why he takes certain actions to certain events. such as at the end of the book when he kills himself, or when he reacts to things differently than others in the "other place" in comparison to his own emotions.
Simile:
When John is expressing his anger for Pope he describes Popes hair as a black snake tying to strangle Linda. “One of the plaits of his long hair lying across her throat, like a black snake trying to strangle her"(132). John shows his anger as a black snake which can be seen as vicious or dangerous to his mother. By doing this John is able to make his hatred for Pope more clearly and in full understanding as to what is going on. This is significant because it also shows a great example of how emotions are tied into the book through descriptions as well.
Characterization:
This passage stood out more than others because of its high emotional state when hatred is involved and discovered in the book. It shows how John comes to an uncontrollable and confused with anger when thinking of Pope. “He hated pope more and more. [...] His heart seemed to have disappeared and left a hole. He was empty, and cold, and rather sick, and giddy. He leaned against the wall to steady himself. Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous...."(132-133). The more we look at this the more we see John's character due to his emotions. John beforehand had not experienced anything like this. He did not know of anger and hatred. He only discovered this after reading Shakespeare and learning new words that he could describe his hatred with. Because of the words learned his hatred could grow stronger and become more uncontrolled as it grew because he could finally express them in some manner instead of suppressing them or not being able to show them in any manner. John is seen as a very emotionally controlled person because of this passage, which could prove to other points in the book as to why he takes certain actions to certain events. such as at the end of the book when he kills himself, or when he reacts to things differently than others in the "other place" in comparison to his own emotions.
Simile:
When John is expressing his anger for Pope he describes Popes hair as a black snake tying to strangle Linda. “One of the plaits of his long hair lying across her throat, like a black snake trying to strangle her"(132). John shows his anger as a black snake which can be seen as vicious or dangerous to his mother. By doing this John is able to make his hatred for Pope more clearly and in full understanding as to what is going on. This is significant because it also shows a great example of how emotions are tied into the book through descriptions as well.
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