Dear Miss Beatrice Fisher-Hart,
I was really intrigued reading the last section of the novel of your life and I want to know how your life was after it! It was confusing to me why you wouldn’t want your best friend Maeve to attend your mother’s funeral when she brought you to the airport. Did you figure it would be too painful for her to attend? Or was it because you wanted to appear strong and not rely on the support of your dear friend? Anyways, I found this quote really profound, “On the planet Fisher-Hart the truth did not exist, the atmosphere being too thin to support it” (257). It so accurately describes the main problem within your family, that of telling the truth and also exemplifies how myopic your family was because you had your own “planet”. Do you believe that your parents chose not to tell the truth in order to protect your other family members, or were they truly incapable of doing so? Though you have made mistakes in blaming others for certain events, I am glad you have realized these mistakes and tried to reconnect with those it hurt. For example, you were mad at your father for the accusations, but you never talked to him about them. Also, you were mad at Hale for being old and becoming sick, but it’s the risk you take when you marry an older man. At least you realized these mistakes before the relationships you had with these men were completely severed. Do you believe your relationship with your father was like that of the relationship between your mother and grandmother? Though your relationship with your father has been difficult and at some times nonexistent for the past 20 years, I am thrilled that you have reconciled with him and begun the road to acceptance.
Sincerely,
Rachel
Saturday, January 5, 2008
House Lights, Week 7, Post A
VOCAB
Locution (257)- a style of speech
Harangues (283)- to deliver a long, arrogant speech to
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
“It is snow-globe snow, tiny and whirling in slow motion, more glitter than flake” (254). This is imagery because it describes the particular kind of snow and how it was falling. This detail makes it easy to imagine the exact type of snow the author wanted to convey to the reader in a simple and effective way.
“…the minute, cloying sound of icicles dripping, like a cat lapping milk” (259). This is a simile, because it compares two unlike things, the sound of dripping icicles to a cat drinking milk, using the word “like”.
“I am left with it now, that model, like an inheritance, and it strikes me, as I stare at my reflection in her bathroom mirror, that in a way that is everything” (290). The act of Beatrice staring into her deceased mother’s mirror is a symbol for Beatrice realizing how alike she is to her mother and the unique relationship they shared.
QUOTE
“…the overriding smallness of Maine, which evokes for me the smallness of my parents’ lives, which evokes for me the smallness of my own heart” (261-2). Beatrice begins to realize just how insignificant her parents’ lives are and how her own heart lacks the ability to truly love people. She understands that her parents had the potential to positively affect more lives but chose not to. Also, the realization that her own heart is capable of loving but it is rather difficult to do so because of her childhood relationships.
THEME
A theme in this novel is to love those around you and appreciate the unique characteristics of everyone. This kind of accepting love will allow a person to have closer relationships with the people they love, because they aren’t focused on the negative traits.
Locution (257)- a style of speech
Harangues (283)- to deliver a long, arrogant speech to
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
“It is snow-globe snow, tiny and whirling in slow motion, more glitter than flake” (254). This is imagery because it describes the particular kind of snow and how it was falling. This detail makes it easy to imagine the exact type of snow the author wanted to convey to the reader in a simple and effective way.
“…the minute, cloying sound of icicles dripping, like a cat lapping milk” (259). This is a simile, because it compares two unlike things, the sound of dripping icicles to a cat drinking milk, using the word “like”.
“I am left with it now, that model, like an inheritance, and it strikes me, as I stare at my reflection in her bathroom mirror, that in a way that is everything” (290). The act of Beatrice staring into her deceased mother’s mirror is a symbol for Beatrice realizing how alike she is to her mother and the unique relationship they shared.
QUOTE
“…the overriding smallness of Maine, which evokes for me the smallness of my parents’ lives, which evokes for me the smallness of my own heart” (261-2). Beatrice begins to realize just how insignificant her parents’ lives are and how her own heart lacks the ability to truly love people. She understands that her parents had the potential to positively affect more lives but chose not to. Also, the realization that her own heart is capable of loving but it is rather difficult to do so because of her childhood relationships.
THEME
A theme in this novel is to love those around you and appreciate the unique characteristics of everyone. This kind of accepting love will allow a person to have closer relationships with the people they love, because they aren’t focused on the negative traits.
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