Q3 Outside Reading Week 2 Post A

Vocab:
pylon(94)- a relatively tall structure at the side of a gate, bridge, or avenue, marking an entrance or approach
platelets(97)- A minute, nonnucleated, disklike cytoplasmic body found in the blood plasma of mammals that is derived from a megakaryocyte and functions to promote blood clotting

Figurative Language:
"There is a new bailiff at the entrance, a man with a neck as thick as a redwood and most likely the brainpower to match"(81). This is a simile comparing the man's neck and brainpower to that of a redwood tree. I know this is a simile because it uses the word "as" for the comparison.

"There would be rolling hills that look like green velvet"(85). This is also a simile. It compares rolling hills with green velvet using the word "like", therefore making it a simle.

"...and that big brown hole in the ground like a split seam, waiting to swallow the body that used to be me" (85). This quote has two pieces of figurative language. The first is a simile, comparing the big brown hole to a split seam using the word "like". The second, is personification of the hole. Picoult gives the hole a human action (swallowing) therefore personifying an inanimate object.

Quote:
"But inside, I'm burning just as hot as I was when that fire caught at the warehouse. What made me believe I might be worth something, even now? What made me think I could save my sister, when I can't even save myself?" (98). This is the first time we've heard from Jesse. This quote shows a lot about him. Jesse, although he seems like the troubled kid, has a lot more to him than what his parents think or even notice. He has thought his entire existence through, and when times are bad, he wants to help, but he thinks he can't because his parents have never suggested he was ever worth anything.

Theme: Personally, I think that this quote best represents the theme for this week: "Anna is the only proof I have that I was bron into this family...On the surface, we're polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we're the same: people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong"(93).