Thursday, April 20, 2017
Blog Response #6
Imagery is key to capturing the reader's imagination and taking him/her on the adventure within the book. All 4 authors use several different techniques to paint a picture in your mind of the scenes within the plot of the book. Share two or three images that have been captured in your mind through the author's word choice. Why are these images so vivid, and how did the author manage to accomplish this task? Be sure to include specific details of what you envisioned through the author's words.
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In my book A long way gone, the imagery is outstanding. Ishmael did a great job on describing exactly what is happening. He would describe the dead bodies laying there. He told exactly how the blood was pouring and gushing out of the bodies. When I was reading this, I could completely see what he was describing. When he was describing when he slashed a dudes throat, I pictured a kid running at a man hanging there and using the zig zag of the bayonet and slicing the throat. It was amazing how he described it so good that I could picture it.
ReplyDeleteI could picture all of his gruesome scenes well and full of detail. I agree, he does do an outstanding job with imagery.
DeleteI think it was easy for Ishamel to describe the scenes when he was right there when it happened or when he is one doing it. I think those scenes would be engraved into your mind forever so it would not be difficult to show every detail of the real life event.
DeleteHe did such a good job describing what he saw, it almost seems like you were there seeing the same things he was. The scene stuck out and was hard not to imagine what he saw.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone Ishmael uses imagery in the book by talking about one of his friends getting killed by an RPG. He talks about how his little legs are kicking while hes on a tree stump with his back broken. It also talks about how his eyes filled with tears go from clear to brown to blood red. Another situation is when he talks about his feet after having to walk in hot sand for a few hours. In it he said that sand was mixed with blood in between his heel flap and his actual foot. He goes on to say how the whole groups feet are badly blistered and the skin dangling.
ReplyDeleteI could see them on the beach really well too. It also mentioned how they were sitting down and they were about to peel off a whole layer of skin, sand, and blood off of their feet.
DeleteI walked on hot sand for like 10 minutes and that hurt o i can only imagine the pain he was in, in this scene. the words he uses really describes actually how gross it is. makes me not want to walk on the beach
DeleteWalking on hot sand is like torture. I don't know who he was able to walk that long and that far on it. The way he described it made it seem like someone was cutting the skin off of his feet with a hot knife.
DeleteI could just imagine the pain they were all in from the sand part, it really makes my feet hurt just thinking about it.
Deleteyour books imagery is detailed with gore, death, and misery just like how mine is.
DeleteI couldn't imagine walking across hot sand either and I wouldn't be able to do it myself i don't think.
Deletei agree completely that this books imagery is outstanding. The detail of all the killings and the gore that has lead Ishmael to have ptsd is crazy. I couldn't imagine being a kid and killing and seeing the effects of war.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah uses very deep explanations to show the reader what gruesome scenes he is seeing. There were two scenes that I clearly could see. In the first scene, Ishmael was leading a small attack on a village, and he watched Alhaji sneak around the village like in the movie Rambo and kill everyone. I could visualize that because I have seen Rambo and could relate the young boy in a small village to Rambo sneaking around slicing everyones throats. The other scene that Ishmael described in detail was when they were burying people alive. Ishmael talked about everything from the dirt moving to the screaming disappearing as the men lost air. There are many more events in A Long Way Gone that are easy to describe to the reader because they are so horrific that it captures the readers thoughts and lets their mind recreate the scene.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't sound appetizing to the eyes. I would hate to be buried alive, i would rather have gotten shot right in the face so i didnt suffer.
DeleteWhen Alhaji was acting like Rambo I could picture it like the movie. i imagined him running around and killing people in the village. It is crazy to me that these are just kids that are being effeced be war.
DeleteIn The Kite Runner, the words really pain pictures in the scenes that are going on. a few of the worst imaginable scenes were when Hassan got raped in the ally and when Hassan got shot in the head right on the side of the street. The detail in which was described with how it all went down made my stomach turn. life was so cruel back then im happy happy with the time period i live in.
ReplyDeletei agree with the life we have no, if you were put back in that time period what would you do?
DeleteIs there another example of a scene that has stuck with you? why did she get shot after the rape? In A long way gone no one has got raped yet. XD
Delete@brandon i dont know what i would do because it would be the only life i know. so it would seem normal to me
Delete@kenny Amir gets beat up very badly a little after the shot scene. that stuck out to me also
I agree there are some unimaginable scenes that take place throughout the story. Its hard to think that these things actually take place in other countries.
DeleteIn the book The Kite Runner the author Khaled Hosseini often uses imagery to describe scenes in the book. One instance where imagery was used was when Amir was describing his experience while riding in the fuel tanker to Peshawar the way he described how difficult it was to take in air and just how overwhelming the fumes where to their passengers eyes, noses, and throat. when I was reading this part I was surprised that there was only one casualty during the trip, because all that I could think of while I was reading was how they were all gasping for breath the whole multi-hour trip and how dark and ominous it was inside of the tank. Another instance of imagery that the author used was when Rahim Kahn was describing Hassan's adult appearance after not seeing him for several years. during the description of Hassan I envisioned him as a slim tall man with an innocent face and almost a boyish look to him despite being in his mid twenties. I think I felt as amazed and proud as Rahim Khan was if I had seen Hassan all grown up after seeing him leave almost a decade ago as a boy.
ReplyDeleteHis imagery was very great in this part of the book. Without the vivid imagery this book would be even harder to follow.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael does a great job explaining what exactly he saw. One thing that sticks out to me is the details that he uses to explain all of the blood and body parts that he sees throughout his life. Another scene that sticks out to me is when Ishmael and his new friends got captured then released shortly after without shoes. They all had to walk in 120 degree weather on sand. The sand would actually burn their feet and they had to constantly move. Once they reached a place to sit, their feet were already raw and bleeding. These images stick out to a reader because the reader is reading about a 12 year old boy who is fighting in a war and because of all of the gruesome scenes. It makes the reader think about it and makes them imagine it in their own head.
ReplyDeleteHaving burns on the soul of my feet would be so bad. I couldn't stand it and i have never had burns on the soul of my feet but i bet the pain would be so bad
DeleteI felt the same way about how Ishmael explains what he saw very well throughout the book, and how he makes the things he saw very apparent through the whole book so far.
DeleteIn a Long Way Gone some of the imagery that have been captured by me is the way the author painted the picture of Ishmael slitting some rebels throats with his bayonet. When Ishmael cuts the rebels throat in a zig zag matter kinda stuck with me. Another time was when the author was describing the drugs that Ishmael was taking. The cocaine and gun powder mix together, that probably messed him up but whatever helps the migraines.
ReplyDeleteHow are you liking the book so far? I am liking the book so far because of the intensity of it.
DeleteI agree, the description in this book is intense. If you were in this situation do you think you would go down the same path that Ishmael did?
DeleteI'm enjoying it a lot Blake, I agree with you on the intensity. It's getting kinda repetitive though.
DeleteI feel like during this time Ishmael didn't really have a choice to pick who he wanted to be. He just needed to survive. @Xander
DeleteI feel the author of Night, Elie Wiesel, did not do much for painting a picture as described. I think he did more of describe the focus points and let you fill in the rest with the established setting.
DeleteOne thing that i can really remember is when Rasheed had sex with Mariam. It wasn't so much as detailed but more of uncomfortable. He says that he eased his way down to his belt and took his pants off, and when he was on top she could feel him heavily breathing on her face. Another time is when he had her eat pebbles because the rice was over cooked, he made her get down on her knees and stuffed little rocks in her mouth and forced her to chew them. in the process she broke two molars.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about when Mariam and Rasheed had sex for the first time. I also felt very uncomfortable reading it, and it made it worse because he was like 40 and Mariam was only 15.
DeleteReading this situation with Rasheed was indeed very uncomfortable. It also escalated very quickly which made it even more creepy.
DeleteNice Beardly! The part when big Rasheed made Mariam chew on the rocks with mut on them it made me cringe! I can just picture how it would sound and how bad it would have hurt Mariam.
DeleteWhen Mariam was forced to eat the rocks it made me cringe a little bit and I imagined how my mouth would feel after chewing on pebbles.
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Deleteyou know allison i never really thought about that...thats really gross. He probably just over powered her.
DeleteYes stevon chewing rocks with "mut" on them wouldnt taste or feel the greatest.
Deletewell DANNY hopefully you wouldn't be put in that position. YOU JUST DONT GET IT!
DeleteIn my book A Long Way gone, Ishmal is very good at explaining his surroundings or what is going on through his eyes at the moment. When Ishmal was walking through the desert, the desert was described in a way that you could feel the heat of it and see the sand of the desert.
ReplyDeleteI also think that my author does a good job of describing the surroundings.
DeleteIn my book Night the author describes the imagery as he sees it happening as well. He explains it in great detail.
DeleteHe goes into detail how horrible his feet are after walking through the sand and that's the images that stick with me.
DeleteI agree with Thesien
DeleteIn my book,"I am Malala" the picture that she describes the most is the valley she lives in because it is a place that she is so fond of. She describes it as a peaceful place with snow just touching the top of one mountain and only one pathway in to their because every direction they look all they see is mountains. When she describes scenery she doesn't give you the full picture at once over time you get to see more and more details so the image that you are picturing at the beginning is not the same as the final picture because she adds more detail as time goes on. She also describes the food that they eat with detail to the colors and textures. When she had her family over she talked about the rice and the chicken and the other natural foods of there valley, she talks about the colors of them and how the flavors go together. Also you notice that the foods are all native foods and nothing is exotic from other areas outside of their country.
ReplyDeleteI heard its a very good book. I'm glad you're liking it.
DeleteI seen a lot of the same pictures throughout the book. I also caught the just of when she was talking about the foods and that nothing is overly strange about it for its area.
DeleteI like when she first talks about the valley, it sounds like such a beautiful place, but she also talks about how it changes when the Taliban shows up.
DeleteIn along way gone the author makes various images very vivid, i imagine the forest on what it looked like, the author talked about how the paths through the forest were only a walking with wide and the forest was filled with brush and grass that was tall. I also imagined the villages that he talked about how the house were just grass roofs and just a little shack to just sleep in, and the villages had houses that all very close to each other that was like a small community.
ReplyDeleteI also have A Long Way Gone. This book is probably the most graphic book I have ever read. The the graphic detail in this book really shows what these boys went through.
DeleteI agree there is a variety of very vivid images in this book
DeleteIn the book I am Malala the book Puts many different images in my head from the book. First image that I can imagine is when the school is being bombed and everyone is cared because they don't know what to do. Another Image that I could really see in my mind was when the Taliban came and took all of the TVs and put the in the street. This image was vivid to me because I pictured the streets looking like the landfill. This book has me also changing the way I see the images throughout the book because the story is always changing.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Taliban took the TV's and started to burn them, it reminds me of the book burnings in Germany in WW2.
Deletein the book Kite Runner, there is a guy named Faired and he lost two daughters and three fingers to a land mine. it was right at the end of what I read so far. Soraya and Amir got married they tried to have a kid and it was just not working out for them so they thought about adoption but Amir did not think it was a good idea.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a intense book.
DeleteOne image thats captured in my mind is when Rasheed grabbed pebbles from outside and made Mariam chew on them because his rice was undercooked, that caused her to break two mollars. The second image thats vividly stuck in my head is when Rasheed and Mariam had sex it was very descriptive and made me feel uncomfortable because of how she described it in the book.
ReplyDeleteEating the pebbles was also one of the events that really stuck in my mind. It was detailed about how she was bleeding and how Rasheed treated her.
DeleteI agree with you with how vivid when Rasheed and Mariam had sex and how uncomfortable it was to read it. Was it uncomfortable/ vivid for you to read the part of when Rasheed was abusing Maraim and Lalia? for me it was because what he did at first I thought he was going to kill Mariam.
Deleteyeah marissa that was disturbing to me also
DeleteIn my book, A long way gone, the author Ishmael describes everything in extreme detail. The entire book is centered around gore and slaughter during this civil war in Sierra Leone. He is also very good at describing where he is at and what he is feeling at the time. He really pulls you in to what you are reading, with the grotesque imagery and descriptions, its absolutely nuts.
ReplyDeleteI feel like your book flat out says what is going on to paint a picture, whereas mine kind of gets the ball rolling and you have to figure it for yourself.
DeleteWhat part of the book could you see imagery the most? For me it was Ishmal jumping from bush to bush dodging bullets.
DeleteIn Kite Runner the author uses imagery to help you picture many of the scenes in the book. In chapter 22 Amir fights Assef and the author uses imagery to help you imagine the fight. He talks about how his ribs and nose snap from the punches and kicks. He also talks about how Amir loses teeth during the fight. This imagery really helps you imagine what it was like if you were in the room.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as gory as the book Night. Is it hard to read?
DeleteNice Eighters! I didnt read Kite Runner but whose the Author of this book? The Author in my book does a pretty good job of this too but this makes the fight sound very fun to read about.
DeleteYeah I agree that scene had a lot of imagery and it really helped me to visualize how Amir was injured and how much pain he was going through during that fight.
DeleteA long way gone is one of the most visual books I have read. when Ishmael describes what happens I feel like I am right there beside them watching. Everything is so clear and easy to picture like when the RPG misses the boys by just a few feet and you can imagine the sounds and the heat that they faced or when they talk about the dead bodies scattered around and all the mangled body parts.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very graphic book. He doesn't leave out any detail. It really shows what these boys went through.
DeleteSuch a great way to look at it, I agree that it feels like you're right there with them. When they surround the villages to kill the rebels you can feel how intense it would be to live with doing that every day.
DeleteI agree, reading this book is like watching a movie. Feels like I am right there in the action with them.
DeleteI love all the action and feeling that your there inside the book
Deletei liked the RPG part
DeleteOne of the images that has lasted with me is inside the fuel truck. The author describes it as a dark enclosed area. He also mentions how it is very hard to breathe. The tone of the setting is very closterphobic. I would be terrified of being in that situation. The basement that they stay in is also painted as very dark and dreary. The things these people need to go through to get to America is horrifying. The lighting reminds of when you come inside from out in the bright sun, and then your eyes need to adjust. The only problem is that your eyes are adjusting indefinently.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this part of the book had great imagery. I would get very car sick riding in a fuel truck.
DeleteIn Night, there are a lot of imagery that happens. When they have the concentration camp and they decide to throw up babies into the air. Everything gets so clear in your brain, you can just picture the babies crying while being thrown and shot. It gives you a gut ache. Its never fun to picture a gory thing like that. Then, imagining Elie's foot swelled up, all of the puss coming out of it. Them having to pop it....Not a good thing to picture. Picturing the coldrin. That's a trap that happened, and it didn't end very well.
ReplyDeleteThe Kite Runner uses imagery throughout the book. The part of the book that stood out the most to me was when I found out Baba has cancer. I image that the best because it reminds me when my grandpa was sick with cancer. I was able to picture that the best, because I spent allot of time with my grandpa because I was so close to him.
ReplyDeleteWas there any other parts that stuck out to you, in imagery or connections?
DeleteRiding in the fuel truck.
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns a part that stuck out to me was when Rasheed made Mariam put pebbles in her mouth and chew them. The author describes it like I was there watching it. He says how Mariam's mouth is bleeding because the pebbles broke two of her molars. Another event that stuck out to me was when Rasheed put Mariam in the shed and Laila and Aziza in a locked, dark room. The author says how he pulls Laila up the stairs and throws Aziza on the bed; then goes downstairs and Laila heard Mariam getting beat. When he drug Mariam outside he had blood on his knuckles and Mariam's face was dripping with blood. I could visualize all of these things happening because it was detailed and intense.
ReplyDeleteThis book is pretty intense. i like how they describe stuff in that good of detail.
DeleteThough I am not reading this book, the author of your novel and mine have a similar way of writing. They use descriptive words to draw you into the story and to make you feel like you are right there next to the characters.
Deletewhen I was reading thousand splendid sun what made the images pop out was how everything was described of how Kabul is in war and all the horrible things that are happening to people there, how all the character are described like when the author was talking about Rasheed how he looked what he wore. another think the author did was how Kabul is during the war dead bodies everywhere, funerals are happening everywhere also, buildings destroyed/demolished with vehicles, rocket flying guns going off.
ReplyDeleteThese images also were very vivid to m as well. I couldn't imaging living in a city like this where houses are constantly being bombed, and too many lives are taken away.
DeleteThe imagery in this book sounds so graphic and kind of sad to read about. Does it help you picutre the characters better when they go into detail on what they wear and what they are like. For me it makes the book easier to read when i can picture how all the people look.
DeleteThe imagery in this book is phenomenal, it goes into all kinds of graphic detail. I like that it really help to tell the story about the war like how he kills people and doesn't feel anything or how he does a ton of drugs and doesn't sleep for days on end and is still going hard. The war is a lot easier to understand the impact it had on all of them when they talk about the gore and all the things they had to do just to live during this time.
ReplyDeletehow would you deal with going on days with no sleep?
DeleteI agree that the book is a lot easier to understand because of all of the detail that the book goes into.
Deletei agree how its easier to understand the impact with all the detail they give
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, there are many visuals that captures a reader's imagination. Two images that I most remember is when Rasheed made Mariam eat pebbles because he didn't think her cooking was good enough. Another image that plays in my head is when Rasheed locked Mariam in a toolshed and locked Laila in a boarded windowed room. Also mentioning he beat them before he did this to them. These images are so vivid probably because the author is trying to portray what the lifestyle for women was back then.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that was really vivid when Rasheed made Maraim chew on the pebbles had her mouth bleeding losing two molars and how Rasheed locked Laila and Maraim in a room/ toolshed how beat up they were even Rasheed.
DeleteFor me I think that the time when he locked the girls in their separate places sticks out the most. I really thought that they were going to die. The whole time I read that chapter I almost felt sick to my stomach. Especially when Laila could hardly move, and she was so scared that the baby was going to die. She would still check to see if the baby was still breathing.
DeleteThe first that comes to my mind when i think of imagery in this book would be the moment the main character saw the baby that got shot. I felt like I was actually there looking into the mothers eyes and seeing her fear and sorrow. That image that he painted for us in the book will stay in my memory for a long time. The second image that I will remember is the fruit that he was explaining. He gave a perfect description of the fruit and yet I still could not figure out what it was. This continued to bother me for another 2 chapters.
ReplyDeleteit also bothered me that we never found out what the fruit was called
DeleteI agree and it is amazing the view he describes but yet not telling you up front with the fruit.
Deletein a long way gone, the image that sticks out the most is the body at the stake. i could see the charred flesh and smell the burning skin. the surroundings were very vivid in my mind. another image is when he was expaining the dance moves. i could see what they were doing in my mind
ReplyDeleteHis explanation of an event makes it easy to picture in your mind. It actually makes the book easier to read and know whats happening.
DeleteThe part where you said that you could smell the burning flesh is just like the book Night. When he first arrived at Auschwitz bodies were getting burned right in front of him so that smell was in the air. The imagery was very easy to see because I can't imagine that happening. Is there any other big senses of imagery that stick out in your head?
Deleteya he now that you say that i just realized he uses the scene of smell for detail. and it actually helps.
DeleteA long way gone is probably the most graphic book I have ever read. Some imagery that sticks out to me was when people were all full of blood running from the rebels and when he saw people with their intestines coming out of bullets holes.
ReplyDeletesame for me Ryan i said the same thing.
DeleteDo you enjoy how graphic the book is?
DeleteI cant picture the Militia marching through the streets with gear and guns with them. I can also imagine the bomb going off and Laila being knocked back against the wall.The author says, "Laila struck the the wall, and crashed to the ground. I could imagine Laila flying through the air and hitting the wall really hard and getting badly hurt. Another time Giti, Laila's friend is blown to pieces in by a rocket. In the book it says, "her mother was collecting pieces of her daughters flesh, screeching hysterically." I can easily imagine Giti's body in a thousand pieces and her mother crying.
ReplyDeleteI agree its very powerful and always hits home with me.
DeleteDuring this part I could imagine Mariam being very uncomfortable and scared. The author made me feel really bad for Mariam with his word choice and imagery.
ReplyDeleteIn my book A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini uses imagery in many different ways. There was many times when he described (through Laila's eyes) the flash of light and roar of missiles. But the one time that I believe that it was described the best was when it actually hit her house. He very vividly described the the noise, the light, and the way the ground moved. There was another two times when the imagery was described so well was almost disturbing. He described the way that Mariam looked after she was beaten by Rasheed. It mentioned the way Mariam was doubled over and and there was blood on her face, hair, down her neck and back. The second time it was disturbing was when Rasheed made Mariam eat pebbles. And she was spitting out pebbles, blood, and parts of her broken molars.
ReplyDeleteThere is many times in this book where the scene that is described is cringe worthy. I agree with you that whenever Rasheed forces himself on either on of them (Laila or Mariam). The many times that Rasheed uses force throughout the book makes me cringe.
ReplyDeleteIshmael does a great job describing the environment from the very beginning of the book. He uses a great deal of sensory details leaving a great description of the events that take place.
ReplyDeletei agree 100%
DeleteThat is spot on
Deletein a long way gone i would say is the most saddest book iv ever read. i just think that its so sad that as a kid you can be ok with killing a person with no second thought. the book has so much sad scenes in that it make you stop and think like the things i go through isn't as near what there going through over there.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Kite Runner, there are a few parts that really utilize the tool of imagery. The first one i read was about the house. The author goes into great detail to explain and show how beautiful their house is. He uses great descriptive words such as flanked, intricate, and grainy. Another time imagery was used was when they were inside the fuel truck. The author uses powerful such as collapse, tighten, squeeze, to show how horrid the conditions were inside.
ReplyDeleteyeah I agree with you when the author described the house that Amir lived in as a child the image really stuck in my mind and from then on when ever there was mention of the house I was able to imagine what it looked like, this imagery helped build the setting of many of the scenes in the book
DeleteJust from the description of the house, you can tell that the Amir's father was a successful man.
DeleteThe most vivid image that I have encountered in A Thousand Splendid Suns was when Rasheed made Mariam chew on rocks and Mariam broke her molars. I can just picture this in my brain and it isnt pleasant but the author did a good job of explaining it. The second image that I got was when Laila and her family were packing up and she heard whistling and then a boom. I can feel myself in that situation and how I start to hear the whistling and then just see a missile smoke the side of building. I loved how he described this part and it was great!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of my book where there are some very vivid scenes that you would rather not imagine. In my book the main character gets beat up and loses teeth and breaks many bones in the fight.
DeleteThe book, Night, has a lot of imagery with Eli by it side. Its hard to put this information in your head, especially since we are dealing with the concentration camp. We all know what happened, and sadly it can't be erase. Some of these consists in babies getting thrown up in the air, People getting naked, starving, and more. Just picture that, because its hard.
ReplyDeleteIn "A Long Way Gone" Ishamel Beah uses a lot of imagery to put the scenes he saw into the minds of us readers. He discusses a lot of the gore that is associated with war, but one scene stood out to me. Towards the beginning of the book, he talks about an attack on one of the villages. A group of villagers is caught in some gunfire, and Beah's writing makes me visualize the gore. The ending of the page talked about a woman and her child. The baby had caught a bullet, and the imagery used by Ishmael not only helped me to visualize that gore, but also to visualize the mother's pain. He really makes the reader feel the emotions he felt.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Thousand splendid suns the imagery is outstanding. In some of the scans it feels like your there. Thats how good the anther described it. like the time Mariam mother hung her self. Also when Mariam husband made her chew on a pebble.
ReplyDeleteI am not reading this book and I am wondering what are the scans that you talked about?
DeleteI agree tyler with the words and imagery he uses you literally feel like its happening right in front of you
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone there is a ton of imagery. This makes the book even more interesting than it already is. It creates vivid images in my head because of the way Ishmeal uses words.One of the scenes that really stands out to me is when the RPG flys right by the boys, just a few feet away. This really created a scary scene in my head that was terrifying. Also when he talks about all the dead bodies. That creates a image in my head that i don't necessarily want to see but this is what make the book so addicting.
ReplyDeleteit's almost as if you are there right? My book is also that descriptive. I love it when a book is very descriptive such as our two.
Deleteishmael describes these scenes with very high detail because all the things that happened to him he will never forget especially after reliving them writing this book. My favorite scene was the first morning in new York city.
ReplyDeleteSome of the ways that the author uses imagery in the book a long way gone, is actually in a lot of the book. The book descries in a lot of detail what happens in the civil war the battles and all of the gore that happens. Some examples are when before most of the fighting begins there are people coming to his village from other villages with there injured or dead being carried or in wheelbarrows from other villages. These are so vivid because the author uses good details in the word choices that he uses.
ReplyDeleteIn I am Malala, Malala did a great job writing it. She talks about the history, but she puts a personal story after each one whether it is about her or someone in her village. She describes these places with really vivid details. Like when the earthquake hit she talks about the buildings shaking, but also her mom's reaction to it, and how she was feeling. Another one would be how she describes the Taliban. She's says how they just appeared at night like vampires, how they treat other people especially women, and the actions they take. She talks about the fear and hopelessness everyone feels. She describes it with such detail it feels like your there watching it.
ReplyDeleteDo you like how she also shares about what the people around her are feeling? I think that with sharing of not what only happens to her but the people around her also affected would help make the imagery of the story come full circle.
DeleteIn "A long way gone," the imagery is very visual. Ishmael's memory is outstanding and that he is able to write a novel in complete description. Ishmeal describe the bodies of the fallen, and how their bodies lay there. When reading, I could imagine the scene in my head. A part that really stuck out is when the boys were walking on the beach. The hot sand burning at their feet. Their bodies becoming weaker and weaker at every step. The heat of the sun burning their skin. Though this was just a small part in the novel, the descriptiveness has a way to draw you into the story and make you feel as if you are experiencing it right along the side of Ishmeal.
ReplyDeleteThe imagery in this book sounds like something that anyone can relate to. Does it make it easier to read for you if you can picture all the images in your head? I believe that's what helps me read.
DeleteIn my book I am Malala, it gives good imagery with everything she talks about. One imagery that she describes a lot is the valley where she lives. I have the image where it is small kind of run down and everyone's house there is like the same. Another imagery that she describes well is what the things that the girls have to wear around their face. I picture every girl with this towel like thing covering most of their face. Last imagery that is described great in this book is the mountains and weather around her. She talks about the snow on the tops of the mountains and also snow all over the village. At first i didn't even think about them getting snow until she says something about it, so now i can picture what it is like there in all the seasons. The pictures in the book also help a lot with what imagery she is trying to give us.
ReplyDeleteI pictured the house the same way because of the details she gave. I didn't realize at first that they got snow until I seen the pictures in the book.
DeleteIn Night Elie describes very descriptive scenes that leave disturbed images in our minds. The image that sticks out most to me is when a young child is hanged. As they walk past they see that the child is still suffering and there is color in his face, while the 2 older guys next to him have already died. These images are so vivid to me because I imagine it like looking innocent death in the face. For Elie he was to look at it as a type of punishment if he were to "step out of line". Another image that stuck out to me was when Elie and his family first arrived to Auschwitz and when they looked up it was peoples ashes falling down from the crematorium. Elie even described the smell when walking in. I envisioned frightened people looking up and wondering if that was their fate too.
ReplyDeleteJust reading your second sentence I could already imagine that situation in my head.
DeleteI agree whole-heartedly. I had nightmares for weeks after reading this book. The descriptive language actually became almost too hard to handle. I had to walk away from the book for a day.
DeleteI will say when the child was hung, when he described it, the hair on my arms were standing up! It's really easy to imagine what he is going through because his word choice is very strong. Do you think all this imagery will continue?
DeleteIf you were in his shoes how would you handle it?
DeleteTo me, the most descriptive scene in A Thousand Splendid Suns was the very beginning when Mariam dropped her mom's family heirloom. The way Hosseini described the situation and the look out of the scene, it was almost like you were there. He also uses the native language and the puts the english meaning next to it. This helps to "hear" the characters voice. Another strongly descriptive moment in this book was the marriage of Mariam and Rasheed. The way the author described Rasheed through her fuzzy vision she has through her wedding veil. For example, His hevy-footed movement,the big,square,ruddy face and the hooked nose.This book is increbily imaginetory and it really helps the read stay "alive".
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of imagery in Splendid Suns, but none of it really stuck out to me. It was all just... expected.
DeleteIn the book Night, Elie Wiesel uses many different ways to show imagery. Whether is actually telling us what something looks like, or telling us what he feels when something happens to him, it all comes together in the end. One that really sticks with me is when Elie was getting a beating. The guards were whipping him and the words he used to describe it was amazing. He said that the stinging in his back was unbearable and that he could barely walk after it was over. Another one is when he was describing seeing all of the dead bodies in the shallow graves. He said seeing them lie there was like all the life was taken from him. They are so vivid because of the wording and emotions that he used to describe them!
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DeleteI agree that seeing the dead bodies in the shallow graves was very breathtaking. When looking at that it is like the life is sucked out of everyone, not only the dead but also the living with their fate so close.
DeleteI agree the scene when nana was hanging from the tree was very disturbing to me.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night three pieces of imagery stood out to me was at the beginning of the book when he saw all the died people going up in flames, when he gotten whipped, and when they had to walk by and look at the young boy who gotten hung. These images seem so vivid because they don't even seem real. The author made you feel like you were a set of eyes watching this all unfold.
ReplyDeleteWell I hope we feel like we were are watching things unfold. He was describing what he had seen unfold.
Deletea long way gone is a very graphic book. ishamel really goes into detail what he saw and went through one thing that i can really picture is the the killings in the villages and this really helps understand what they really went through
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I can't recall any point where any of the imagery stuck out to me. As far as I can tell, the author doesn't describe things any differently than other authors I've read.
ReplyDeleteOne image that caught my attention my book, Night, was in the beginning where one guy talked about infants being thrown into the air and being shot. This probably stuck in my head mainly due to how horrific it sounds. The other image that really stuck was the scene where the child was hung. Another horrible one that he went into more details than the other. He described how they all where brought together and had to watch it. I envisioned him hanging alone being watched by the group all wide eyed with fear. The day is bright not a cloud in the sky and not a tear being shed just silence.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds horrific. My book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is just depressing rather that gruesome. it focuses on how terrible the charaters lives are in general. The most gruesome it got was when the first girl's mother hung herself.
DeleteIn The Kite Runner, the author uses alot of imagery to describe the elegant home that Baba built by hand. It talks of intricate mosaic tiles, perpetually smelled of tobacco and cinnamon, and being flanked by rosebushes leading to a sprawling house of marble floors and wide windows. It really helps me picture the beauty of this house, and tells about the wealth that the family has from just describing the house.
ReplyDeleteIn a long way gone the most vivid detail would be with the fruit he tells you the color and shape and how it smells like a n orange lemon but shaped like an pair. Then his description on the opposite end when he goes into the village in the beginning and sees the dead bodies and the one that's mutilated all limbs cut off and bleeding and literally all limbs.
ReplyDeleteIn Night, The Author who is the main character describes the scenes well, because he lived these moments when he was a kid. The imagery Elie Wiesel writes about is pretty gloomy with death and despair. He explains the imagery in detail. An example is when Elie and his father can smell the stench of burning bodies with the smoke in the sky. The hunger in their stomachs and the nervousness throughout all of the survivors. The author really makes it easy to understand through imagery.
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