Week 3- Entry A

Vocabulary-

(p 122) anthropomorphize- to ascribe human form or attributes to (an animal, plant, material object, etc.)

(p 87) leviathan- a sea monster

Figurative Language-

1. (p 109) "Ashley gave out a laugh that was something very like the noise a squeaky toy makes when someone heavy sits on it." This is a simile comparing his laugh to a squeaky toy.
2. (p 111) " He was a fully grown brown bear dressed in a well-tailored three-piece tweed suit. He was wearing a trilby hat, had a shiny gold watch chain dangling from his waistcoat, and white spats covered the top of his shoeless feet. And he was holding a gun." This is personification because the bear has human like characteristics.
3. (p 125) "The onlly sound to be heard was the hiss of the radiator and the tick-tick-tick of the engine as it cooled." This is an onomatopoeia because the tick-tick-tick is the sound a clock makes.

Quote

(p 125) "He was enjoying himself for the first time in a quarter of a century and had no intention of returning to St. Cerebellum's" Getting the Gingerbreadman into jail this time will be harder than ever because he's now tasted seclusion and freedom. He easily chooses freedom and doesn't want to be exiled to a hospital again.

Theme-

People seek power to make themselves feel superior and strong. The Gingerbreadman decides to let Jack live even though he could easily be killed. The psychopath enjoys the power he wields when giving or taking a life.