Q3 Post 1A

I'm reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult!

VOCABULARY
1. dialysis (12)- the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane. (noun)
2. jimmies (15)- forces open. (verb)

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. "An inferno races so fast through my belly and legs I fall back onto the couch" (15). This is a metaphor comparing the feeling in her stomach to a giant fire.
2. "The heart falls on the glass counter in a pool of its own chain" (8). This is descriptive imagery. I really like this sentence. It has a tragic feeling and shows that the locket means a lot to Anna.
3. "-my hand, it just clamps shut like the Jaws of Life" (9). This is a similie comparing the strength of Anna's grasp to the strength of the Jaws of Life, a heavy-duty hydraulic tool used to save people from car wrecks.

QUOTE
"My father, a closet astronomer, has tried to explain black holes to me, how they are so heavy they absorb everything, even light, right into their center. Moments like this are the same kind of vacuum; no matter what you cling to, you wind up being sucked in" (11). I liked this quote comparison alot. Kate is the black hole in the family, she takes up all thier energy and time no matter how hard they try to live a semi-normal life.

THEME
A theme in this novel is love; Anna loves her sister Kate and helps her in every way possible (so far!).