Q3 Outside Reading Week 7 Post A

Vocab:
barre(423)- a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice
latent(411)- present but not visible

Figurative Language:
"The kind of rain that comes down so heavy it sounds like the shower's running, even if you've turned it off"(402). This is a simile comparing the sound of the rain to the sound of a shower running using the word "like".

"And then Sara slips into this huddle, her arms coming around both of them, all their shoulders forming the wide wall of a team that has to reinvent the very game they play"(410). This is a metaphor, comparing the Fitzgerald family with a sports team. Because Campbell, in a sense, says that they "are" this team, this comparison is then characterized as a metaphor rather than a simile.

"It's a T-bone: the two vehicles rammed together by sheer force into a conglomerate of twisted steel"(413). This is an example of imagery. By using words like "rammed" and "conglomerate", Picoult helps us picture the force at which the two vehicles hit and how twisted together they are. Because it pertains to the sense of sight and paints a picture for the reader, this could be seen as imagery.

**Warning: Spoiler Alert**
Quote:
"Visibility sucks. The rain, if possible, is coming down even harder. I have this brief vision of it pummeling the car so hard it crunches like an empty Coke can, and just like that it's harder for me to breathe"(411). This quote displays a bit of foreshadowing. Anna's vision of the car becoming ruined due to the rain somewhat comes true. Although the rain doesn't wreck the car, it was because the visibility sucked that a truck hit Campbell and Anna, causing the terrible incident which ended Anna's life. I just thought it was interesting how this quote predicted, in a weird sense, what was going to happen.
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Theme: There are two themes I want to say from this section: 1. Life is full of irony 2. Sometimes what you end up fighting for isn't the thing you think it is but rather the chance to choose.