Q3 Post 3A

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

VOCABULARY
1. canvass (128)- to examine carefully (verb)
2. limbo (130)- an intermediary place of confinement (noun)

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. "Her hair is longer now, and fine lines bracket her mouth, parentheses around a lifetime of words that I was not around to hear" (117). This is a metaphor comparing Julia's 'mouth wrinkles' to parentheses.
2. "I imagine the door of the station yawning like Aladdin's cave, and the engine screaming out, my father in the passenger seat" (131). This is a similie. Anna is comparing the fire station to Aladdin's cave and the noise of the fire engine to someone screaming.
3. "Kate was the shape of a pixie, all noodle arms and legs; and when she bent to the ground and kicked up her feet, it looked as delicate as a spider walking a wall" (134). Wow, lots of figurative language! It has a lot of imagery and uses a metaphor comparing Kate's limbs to noodles and then it has a similie comparing her movement to a spider.

QUOTE
"'This is a service dog.' When that doesn't seem to ring a bell, I spell it out for him. 'You know. Like Seeing Eye.' 'You don't look blind.' 'I'm a recovering alcoholic,' I tell him. 'The dog gets between me and a beer'" (125). I really want to know what Campbell uses Judge for. He has a different excuse everytime someone tells him that dogs aren't allowed. I think that its interesting that Judge is basically his best friend.

THEME
An emerging theme in this novel is the past and the effects it has on today; Julia has come back into Campbell's life and he still likes her after fifteen years.