Q3 Outside Reading Week 6 Post A

So I know this is kind of ahead of schedule, but I really wanted to get this week's posts in before I left for Milwaukee since I have a lot to say about what I just read.

Vocab:
botulism(359)- a sometimes fatal disease of the nervous system acquired from spoiled foods usually involving botulin
castration(359)- to remove the sex organs of a male or female

Figurative Language:
"Thanks, but I gave my conscience up for Lent"(361). This could be considered a metaphor where Campbell compares his conscience to something, like chocolate, that you can actually give up for Lent. It shows how he goes about things amorally at times and is great insight to his personality.

"But part of it involves the fact that my client is about as responsive as a boulder beside me"(363). This is a simile where Campbell compares Anna responsiveness to a boulder using the term "as".

"Otherwise, God forbid, you may actually find out that you have a working heart"(361). This is an exaggeration, a hyperbole maybe. Julia is exaggerating when she says Campbell doesn't have a working heart because if he's alive, his heart is clearly working. The exaggeration that Julia uses only helps the reader understand how cold-hearted and detached Campbell can be at times.

Quote:
"'Judge DeSalvo?' Anna takes a deep breath. 'I have something to say.'"(373). Before, Anna was unwilling to take the stand. As she had previously said, it wasn't because she was afraid of speaking in front of everyone, she was just afraid of saying too much. Because Anna decided to take the witness stand, all the truth comes tumbling out and we finally learn why Anna filed the lawsuit in the first place: because Kate asked her to. And because he didn't want his client to change her mind, Campbell refused to take a recess, causing him to collapse into a grand mal seizure in the middle of the court room. We then learn why he has Judge, the dog. It is all because of this one line that comes from Anna's mouth, the line that opens all those closet doors, that our characters' skeletons are finally revealed.

Theme:
Don't think you know a person until you truly know them because chances are, they aren't who you thought they were at all.