A Northern Light, Week 7, Post A

VOCAB

Ogle (320): to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

Glower (352): To look or stare angrily or sullenly.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

1.) “She sucked in a mouthful of water and spouted it out like a fountain” (346). This is a simile because it uses ‘like’ to compare a fountain to the way she spat the water out.
2.) “Our happy state of mind persisted for two whole days, then disappeared instantly, as birds will right before it rains” (349). This is a simile, because it uses ‘as’ to compare themselves to birds.
3.) “The hotel itself looked as pretty as a painting” (315). This is a simile because it uses ‘as’ to compare the hotel’s beauty to a painting.

QUOTE

“‘We will. Just go! Before you’re stuck here forever. Like an ant in pitch.’ Like me” (358). This quote describes how much Mattie wants Weaver to not give up his dream of going to college. She doesn’t want anyone to give up and suffer like she will. I also think when she cries for Weaver to go, she is also crying because she can’t go to college either.

THEME

I think a theme for the book as a whole is independence. Mattie is independent when she goes to The Glenmore and is always helping others, but is most importantly an independent thinker. Mattie doesn’t care what others think, doesn’t judge, and does whatever she wants, even if it is looked down upon, like reading.