Point of view
View “l maintain that the Ells started it all, but Gem, who was four ears my senior, said It started long before that. ” (chapter 1, page 1) I know this book Is written In 1st person point of view by the words I and me. The point of view Impacts the story because you are able to experience the narrator’s feelings about everything happening. Simile “… Her hand was as wide as a bed slat. ” (chapter 1, page 6) This example of a simile is comparing Scaloppini’s hand to a bed slat.
This comparison puts a vivid picture in my head of how wide her had is. Cliffhanger “Attic’s arrival was the second reason I wanted to quit the game. The first reason happened the day I rolled into the Raddled front yard. Through all the headlining, quelling of nausea and Gem yelling, I had heard another sound, so low I could not have heard it from the sidewalk. Someone inside the house was laughing. ” (chapter 4, page 45) This was the cliffhanger at the end of this chapter. It describes Scout hearing Boo Raddled laugh from Inside his house.
The author Is leading the audience In suspense, making us wonder what Is going to happen next. Imagery “We strolled silently down the sidewalk, listening to porch swings creaking with the weight of the neighborhood, listening to the soft night-murmurs of the grown people on our street. ” (chapter 6, page 57) In my mind, I can hear the porch swings creaking and the soft night murmurs. The descriptive words used adds meaning to the text by creating suspense as well as allowing you to put sound with the picture you create in our mind.
Comment “Hurry, hon.,” said Tactics. “Here’s your shoes and socks. ” “Stupidly, I put them on. “Is It morning? ” “No It’s a little after one. Hurry now” (chapter 8, page 77) When Tactics told Scout to hurry and get out of the house, at midnight, it made me worry. Many different things came to mind, like… Was there a death in the family, was , or did someone go to the emergency room. All this adds intensity to the story and has me hanging on the edge of my seat wanting to read more.
Oxymoron “It was a happy cemetery (chapter 12, page 135) By adding this oxymoron In the text, it makes me realize how gross, smelly, Junky, and polluted this cemetery was. Personification “Doors slammed, engines coughed, and they were gone. ” (chapter 15, page 175) This example of personification allows the reader to understand how quickly this “Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal… ” (chapter 20, page 233) This is an allusion because the phrase comes from The Declaration Of Independence ND when reading it, it makes you think about or picture The Declaration Of Independence being in your hand.
By putting this allusion in the book it adds more meaning to the point the narrator is trying to get across and allows you to understand and read this part with more meaning. Metaphor “Cecil Jacobs is a big fat hen” (chapter 29, page 307) A metaphor is described to the left because its comparing Cecil Jacobs to a big fat hen. This is a good description allowing the reader to understand exactly how fat Cecil is. Irony Tactics was right.
One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Raddled porch was enough. ” (chapter 31, page 321) The irony of this sentence is the children were always trying to get Boo out of his house so they could see him but later learned he was in his house watching over and protecting them. The irony adds meaning to the text because the children are finally able to realize that what Boo was doing was not harming them, in fact he was helping keep them safe.
