Quarter 2 OR Week 3 Post A

Vocab:
roustabouts(65)- a laborer employed for temporary or unskilled jobs; a circus laborer.
percherons (66)- any of a breed of gray or black draft horses.

Appeals:
"I'm like a piece of meat unearthed from the back of the fridge" (64). Here, Jacob is comparing himself to a piece of meat, as he gets poked and prodded every morning by the nurses, using the term "like". This shows that this statement is a simile.

"It's a beautiful day, with the sun streaming down between puffy clouds" (65). This quote displays imagery because the descriptions relate to one of the five senses. Mostly, it relates to sight. I can almost see the beams of sunlight and clouds full of texture. "Puffy clouds" thought, could also relate to touch. I know, or at least can imagine, what puffy clouds feel like.

Another example of a simile is when Jacob is describing how he can't hold onto his anger and how "It slips away, like a wave from shore" (69).

Quote:
"Within seconds, I am a Jell-O eating sheep. Well, a sheep at any rate...I realize that if someone brought pockmarked Jell-O right now and told me to eat it, I would. What have they done to me?" (69). This quote shows Jacob's vulnerability and his increasing lack of defense as his age increases. When he was younger, he couldn't be taken advantage of. He had a personality and a stubbornness about him that got him into the circus. He didn't let people stop him when he wanted to do something. Now, he's old and these nurses are able to take him down with a single drug. It makes me think, is this how we, as society, treat the elderly? That they are just worthless pieces of history that we say we need to respect, but in reality disrespect with our so called "kindness"?

Theme:
Defy what you have to if that's the only way to get your freedom. (In the case of Jacob at his retirement/ treatment center. They force him to take pills, eat food, and do things he doesn't want to. He's not happy.)