Week 5- Entry A

Vocabulary-

(p 203) constituents- a component

(p 200) inextricably- incapable of being disentangled, undone, loosed, or solved

Figurative Language-

1. (p 209) "He still had a few days to prove that the Allegro was self-mending before the metaphorical straitjacket began to tighten." The straitjacket is a metaphor for the pressure of the situation Jack faces.
2. (p 218) "The glass from the phone-booth windows had melted and then cooled in midflow, like icicles." This simile compare the melted windows to icicles.
3. (p 218) "The cast-iron lamp standard had melted like a soft candle." This simile compares the cast-iron lamp to a candle.

Quote

(p 217) "They found his dentures embedded in a tree a quarter mile away. It took a crowbar to get them out. But they don't think he was wearing them at the time; his bedside lamp was also found close by." After Stanley Cripps is caught in a deadly explosion of a bomb, he and all of his property are blown to bits. I just found this quote hilarious. I can just imagine people trying to pry dentures out of a tree. I hope anyone reading my blog enjoys this as much as I did.

Theme-

People love drama. They just can't get enough of bad things happening to other people.