I Am The Messenger

December 28, 2007 at 4:26 pm (Fragments, I Am The Messenger, personification, simile, stylistic)

“As I cross the street, Marv is splayed in the front yard like a frozen starjump.

He gets kicked.

By words.

He gets shot.

By Henry Boyd’s pointing finger.”

I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak pg. 323

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I Am The Messenger

December 28, 2007 at 4:24 pm (I Am The Messenger, metaphor, personification, simile)

“A dark wind makes it through the trees.

The sky is nervous. Black and blue.

My heart applauds inside my ears, first like a roaring crowd, then slows and slows till it’s a solitary person , clapping with unbridled sarcasm.”

I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak pg. 132

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The Book Thief

September 4, 2007 at 1:40 am (The Book Thief, metaphor, personification, simile)

“Upon her arrival, you could still see the bite marks of snow on her hands and the frosty blood on her fingers. Everything about her was undernourished. Wirelike shins. Coat hanger arms. She did not produce it easily, but when it came, she had a starving smile.”

from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak pg. 31

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Silent Spring

August 2, 2007 at 2:54 pm (Silent Spring, environment, personification, pesticides)

“It is not possible to add pesticides to water anywhere without threatening the purity of water everywhere. Seldom if ever does Nature operate in closed and separate compartments, and she has not done so in distributing the earth’s water supply.”

from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson pg. 42

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The Kite Runner

July 31, 2007 at 5:15 pm (The Kite Runner, forgiveness, personification)

“… I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering it things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”

from The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini pg. 359

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