The Rest of Her Life, Week 3-Post A

VOCAB

Fluky (85): obtained by chance rather than skill

Unperturbed (109): calm and serene

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

1.) “[…] balls escaped from the preformed bricks, blowing onto her car like hail” (pg 90). This is a simile because it describes the balls by comparing it to hail and using “like”.
2.) “It was quite another, Leigh understood now, to look across your table and see that same microphone, waiting, absolutely silent […]” pg 88). This is personification because it uses a human action (waiting) to describe the microphone. A microphone can not wait, it is an inanimate object.
3.) “[…] she had done so many times that it seemed there should be a hollow there, like and indentation on a pillow” (pg 102). This is a simile because it uses “like” to compare the indent in a pillow to how Leigh imagines Justin’s chest should be because she had put her head against his chest so many times.

QUOTE

“‘Kara made it up.’ If he saw the surprise on his mother’s face, he didn’t show it. He shrugged and got out of the car. “She knows I hate school, how it is for me. So she made that up and told me to try it’” (pg 106). I think this quote is really interesting. So far in the book, you haven’t seen much of the brother and sister relationship. Leigh seems to be very surprised when Justin told her this, so his and Kara’s relationship mustn’t seem very good, but maybe she really cares for him and is afraid to show it. I think that Justin will end up helping her through her tough time.

THEME

While everything falls apart around them, some try to keep their family together, while others slowly let go. This theme is emerging in everyone in the family. The father, Gary seems to care only about the case and trial and little about his daughter who is depressed and possibly soon to be in jail. He is not supporting her at all. On the other hand, Leigh is trying to connect more with Justin and Kara to make sure her family does not suffer from this one bad event.