2. Explain the rhetorical strategies used in the following line: “There is a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water.” (pp. 1-2) One rhetorical strategy is the repetition of the image of “the path.” If the Salinas River is established as a place of solace, the path might indicate that the men are coming from a place that is the opposite—a place that is dreary and desolate. The path is the bridge between the two worlds. The second rhetorical strategy is the use of the idiom “jungle-up.” Of Mice
The kid cranked like mad and finally the fish came to surface and began a low circle in the middle of the canal. They pulled the fish out in the seawall. The boy asked the author how was that fish. At first, the author felt puzzled by his question. The fish was over there and the boy asked him what was that look like.
They were bad.”(Boyle 169) TS 2.) These “bad characters” went a little too far on a stranger they had believed to be their friend, and soon realized the meaning of “bad.” A.) “It was early June, the air was soft as a hand on your cheek, and it was the third night of summer vacation.” (Boyle 169) B.) “Digby had leaned on the horn, laughing, and instructed me to put my brights on.” (Boyle 169) C.) “Sprawled in the dirt, like a fool, on one knee to comb the stiff hacked grass for the keys, his mind making connections in the most dragged-out way.” Boyle (169-170) TS 3.) Reality hits the main character as he completely hit rock bottom when he has to run into the lake and frantically hide in the muck of the water just to avoid the threat of the real “bad-greasy characters.” A.)
Rip Van Winkle!" He turned around to find a Dutch man struggling with carrying a keg up hill. Rip offers his help without asking what this man is doing on his land. They carried the keg uphill where there was a group of long bearded men playing ukuleles around a campfire. He begins answering the men's questions about life, work, and his family.
‘I could see him working furiously trying to get it started.’ P.160 3. ‘All at once one swell broke, all around him, she went over, and I saw him leaping and thrown clear.’ P.160 4. ‘Next I saw him there shocked in the water, but swimming evenly, fighting it, swimming away from the rocks, staying on top of the water, the white foam all over his darkly clad from like an otter in a brook.’ P.160 b. Auditory c. Tactile d. Olfactory e. Gustatory 2. Simile a. ‘Next I saw him there shocked in the water, but swimming evenly, fighting it, swimming away from the rocks, staying on top of the water, the white foam all over his darkly clad from like an otter in a brook.’ P.160 b.
Anse decides that pouring cement all over Cash’s leg will help the break, smart huh?(*sarcasticly). He then mortgages everything he owns and sells Jewel’s special horse in order to buy a new team of mules. When the family rests for the night at Gillespie’s farm, Darl burns the barn down in order to try and cremate his own mother, but is unsuccessful. When the family finally arrives in Jefferson, Dewey Dell tries to get an abortion, but is instead forced into sex by a younger poor excuse of a man pretending to be a doctor. Then her father takes the money she needs to use to get a real abortion in order to buy himself a new set of teeth.
I tip-toed toward an orange heavy duty igloo water cooler yelling with my mouth wide open, OUCH, HOT, HOT, OU, until I cooled them down with the ice cold water. I stood near the cooler feeling the ocean breeze whipping my hair every which way. Looking through the wooded rail of the pier I watched the foam-covered waves topple over each other then slide back into its self. Overhead the singing sea gulls circled as other kids’ hurled food that was quickly ingested with the opening and closing of their beak. Standing there baffled, eyes gazed over, and absorbing all the new scenery I
The fish get such a fright; they’re fleeing the area fearing for their lives. I can feel the floor of the pond under my feet. I kick off the mucky, mud covered ground, so I’ll get to the surface quicker. As I submerge from under the aquatic scene, I begin gasping for air, needing oxygen to regenerate my lungs. I swim to a spot where I can stand up, and walk out of the water.
I suppose I couldn’t live without him... I know what to do! We should break our boredom by hanging ourselves! What is the point of my life...? I am a body without intellect; I have no impact on the world.
The narrator also has an uncle, who seems like an alcoholic small time crook. The guy talks about his family relations and how his mother don’t want him to be as his father or his uncle on page 1 line 19: I remember she cried a lot because she was always worried that I would turn out like my “stinking, rotting, lout-of-a-father.” I never could figure out who she wanted me to turn out like. Uncle Barney? The only job that I ever knew he had was working as Santa Claus once a year….. I was five and Santa pulled of his beard and asked me to get him a stiff drink.