The Rest of Her Life, Week 5-Post A

VOCAB

Placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed.

Unnerve: to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset

FIGURATIVE LANUGAGE

1.) “Understanding moving through her like a wave of nausea” (146). This is a simile because it uses “like” to describe something by comparing it to something else.
2.) “Leigh held her hands up in surrender.” (144). This is a metaphor because it is describing how she put her hands up to how you surrender, without using “like” or “as”.
3.) “You sound like a frog” (176). This is a simile because it uses “like” to describe her voice by comparing it to a frog.

QUOTE

“She understood that the authority in her voice was linked to her sense of justice-she had suffered enough, and she would suffer no more. She was needy and awkward and eager to please, but in the end, when it mattered, she was committed to self preservation.” (160). I think this quote shows how much Leigh looked up to her sister. Leigh wants to be like her sister in how hard she worked, but also wanted to overcome her own problems, and succeed in life like no one else in her family has.

THEME

In this section it was mostly about Leigh’s past. I think a theme is hard work. Leigh really emphasizes her mother’s lack of hard work, but also shows her own and her sister, Pam’s hard work. Leigh, once her mother left, never gave up. She was always working hard, whether it was studying, waiting on tables, working at the “Dairy Maid”, or just cleaning and working around the house.