Week 3 Posts A/B

Vocab

turgid (89) - bloated: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

transgression (124) - the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Figurative Language
1) "[...] until he was sure the Huragok would tip it, even with a glancing blow" (91). This is an example of a metaphor because it is comparing it to something it actually isn't.

2) "Both of them fiddled with their energy cutlasses: pink crystal shards used as melee weapons" (98). This is an example of imagery. The reader can imagine the tools clearly with this example.

3) "But Avery had already noticed the woman many paces back - seen how her diaphanous silver shawl covered only part of her bare back. He slowed his pace to give himself time to remove his dress-cap and smooth his burr of hair" (121). Here is another example of imagery. You could easily imagine Avery in this ballroom with this lady with her silver shawl on etc...

Quote
"By the time Avery pulled the Warthog into the curved drive of Harvest's Parliament building, he knew a lot more about Captain Ponder. How fighting the Insurrection had forced him to miss his eldest son's wedding and the birth of his first grandchild-precious occasions he missed much more than his arm" (115). This quote relates to the theme. Even though this book is fiction there are a lot of connections to real life. It shows how soldiers miss so many important events that have a lot of sentimental value which they can never get back.

Theme
The theme in this part of the book is about the things soldiers feel. What I mean by this is like the quote and how they miss so many things which they can never get back. Then even if something terrible happens to them for example losing an arm they still care of course a lot more about missing family moments and other things.

Post B

For this post B I thought I would talk about what I think about the book so far and specifically this part of the book. At the beginning it started off with this huge action scene and it got me instantly hooked. Then the pace slowed down a lot and from there the details have just gotten better. What I meant by this is there was that action part and then it went into the actual story with a lot of descriptive details. Also the unique way Joseph Staten writes also hooked me in. The thing I like about this book is that a couple chapters are about Avery and the events he is experiencing and the next couple of chapters are about the Covenant who are the antagonists so you get this real good feeling of what both sides are going through and what they are experiencing. Also the beginning of the book was just a lot of descriptions but not a lot of action and now there are still those descriptions but their hidden under all the action that is currently going on in the book. Also as the book progresses throughout the book these little flashbacks happen of Avery's past and it really adds to the depth of the book as a whole. So I'm really enjoying the book and I can't wait to read more.