Week 5 Posts A/B

Vocab
Rampant (177) - unrestrained and violent

Assemblage (182) - hookup: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose

Figurative Language
1) "Of all the Sangheili's restrictions. not letting a Huragok join his crew had been the most crippling. But now here one was. And although it would be a serious crime to let the creature fix intentionally disabled systems, not even the Sangheili could complain if it made necessary repairs" (204). This is an example of foreshadowing. It is showing an event that will happen later on in the book

2) "But then came the revelation that the pod's life-support system was fatally flawed. And after many cycles without sign of rescue, Dadab had slunk into a deep depression. I will die, he moaned, adrift in a mess of crumpled food pouches" (190). This is another example of foreshadowing. It's shows a possible event that could happen later on in the book.

3) "Like everything else about her avatar, its eyes and ears were strictly for show. But as fluorescent strip-lights flickered on above the projector, Sif availed herself of the center's cameras and microphones, and used them to properly animate her avatar's face as she inspected her surroundings" (178). This is an example of imagery. It shows what a character in the book looks like and it gives the reader that specific image.

Quote
"In this respect, Maccabeus knew, it was the Sangheili who had the last laugh. His crew did have limited technical ability. They had struggled just to keep Rapid Conversions limited systems from falling apart, and the once-mighty vessel really was nothing more than the Ministry of Tranquility survey tug the Sangheili allowed it to be" (201). I just posted this quote not because it's important or anything but I thought it was interesting. It shows the inequality going on between the antagonists.

Theme
This part of the book had an emerging theme of the antagonists really being in the spotlight. Not only that but it shows this huge technologically advanced civilization that is so advanced and yet they have these problems with equality when it comes to different species. So because of this I put it as the theme.

Post B
For this weeks Post B I thought I would comment on a quote I found in the sections. The quote is, "As part of the specie's confirmation process, some of the Sangheili Commanders had declared their strong suspicion before the High Council that the Jiralhanae's pack mentality would invariably bring the two species into conflict. Dominant Jiralhanae always fought their way to the top, the Commander argued, and they didn't believe even the Covenant's rigid hierarchy would be sufficient to moderate their natural urges. Until they proved themselves subservient, whatever peaceful urges they had should be "aggressively encouraged." It was a reasonable argument, and the High Council imposed clear restrictions on the kinds of technology the Jiralhanae could use. And so, Maccabeus thought, did we set aside out of pride for a higher purpose" (199). I thought this was a really unique quote because it shows the paradox of having to give up rights to gain other rights. This is definitely linked to the real world whether it be the US and the rights we get or many other issues. You have to think about all the positive things you'll gain but you also have to consider the positive things your going to lose, there are a lot of opportunity costs. So even thought this book is fiction and people might see it as completely unrelated, there are actually many links and connections in the books to the real world. So that's why I put this quote here for this post and it's a good little paradox to think about.