Q3 Week 3 Posts A/B

Vocab
Harlequin (54) - a clown or buffoon

Insinuating (62) - calculated to please or gain favor

Figurative Language
1) "When it came to what he was holding close to his vest, he'd just hang on to it, tight as grim death, and deny it was there, no matter how hard you tried to pry it out of him" (69). This is a really good description and it's a type of figurative language. Also this connects to the theme as well.

2) "And then that would leave just Miles in love with her-and not really her, either, but the woman she was before she wore out, the woman he still believed her to be, against the testimony of his own eyes" (70). This is also a type of description and even imagery. This is also talking about Mile's character.

3) "Was it Mile's imagination, or did Minty glance quickly into the Motor Vehicles office and then away again, as if he'd been told not to" (58). This is an example of foreshadowing. Later on you find out that this actually leads to an event happening.

Quote
"Most teachers, Tick has learned, feel no great compulsion to confront trouble [...]" (76).
I just thought this was an interesting quote because while it's true there are also many counterexamples to this. Also the theme connects to a later point in this quote.

Theme
The quote above goes along to talk about fear. The theme connects to this because the quote talks about fear and how many people just put their fears deep instead of them and don't think about them. This was a really important theme in this part of the book so I thought I'd talk about it.

Post B
For this post I thought I would talk about an emerging character, Tick. She is the daughter of Miles and there are more and more events involving her and the way she thinks etc... She seems to be an average high school student. She goes to school and has problems dealing with the weight of her backpack for one example. Also she broke up with her boyfriend causing her to lose that relationship and become an outsider at school because she had no more clique. Also her parents are divorced but for her sake they are living 3 blocks away from each other just for her even though they really don't like each other. Through a couple of events you find out that she is on the intelligent side and even witty at times. This leads her to lose friends and be an outsider as Miles (her father) states numerous times. Not only that but she's quiet at times and really doesn't talk that much about anything really even though she is smart. So there are all these different sides to her and I find that really interesting to read. She is an all around interesting person and I hope to see where this goes.