VOCAB:
insipid (203): lacking interest, significance, or impact
serendipity (240): good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
1. "...and my head swathed with white gauze and adhesive like the head of a mummy..." (237). This is an example of a simile. On the ride home from a trip to the emergency room because of a disasterous biking accident, Nikki compares her bandages to the wrappings of a mummy.
2. "The dream shimmering around us careened in and out of focus. I'd been hearing words but couldn't seem to process them" (202). This is an example of figurative language because Nikki and Detective Strabane are not literally in a dream-it only feels that way to Nikki because she is so shocked and upset about what she is hearing. Because of this shock, she feels like she cannot comprehend what Strabane is saying, which makes her feel like she's in a dream.
3. "This was the season, people said, that Nikki Eaton broke into pieces. To me, it felt like the season I put myself together, stronger than I'd been" (212). This is another example of figurative language because people obviously do not actually break into pieces. People said this about Nikki because her grief after her mom's death affected her and changed her so much--her life fell apart.
QUOTE:
"If they tease me, if they laugh at me they love me. For I am only just Gwen, to be teased" (239). This quote is one of many in the book that are written as if they are in the first person from Gwen Eaton. However, the comments are written as Nikki imagines her mother's thoughts, so they aren't actually in the first person from Gwen. Here, Nikki reflects on her mother's role as the one to be teased. As she thinks back, she realizes that teasing her all the time may have lowered her mom's self-esteem more than she thought.
THEME:
The theme of the novel remains to be the struggles of dealing with the death of a loved one. It especially focused on how hard it is to watch the rest of the world move on when the people who suffered the loss are still grieving.
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