Week 7- Entry A

Vocabulary-

(p 214) stave- to move along rapidly

(p 221) sheik- the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief

Figurative Language-

1. (p 223) "And what about Odysseus, rowing down to Hell with a canteen of blood to slake the shade of Tiresius?" This excerpt alludes to The Odyssey.

2. (p 226) "There was one main fissure wide as an automobile but glowing only in occasional patches with the cool radiance of a candlelit pumpkin." This simile compares the light from the fissure to a jack-o-lantern.

3. (p 302) "O be quick, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet!" Another allusion references the Bible.

Quote

(p 307) "And I, conversely, shouldn't have lived. Though I sensed this was the case, it was only years later Dr. Nokes would explain why in detail. His forbearance is to his credit. What eleven-yearpold should be told that his lungs only recently lay in literal shreds inside his central cavity? Dr. Nokes saw this fact with his two eyes. He felt it with his fingers. Yet mere hours later it was revealed at the hospital in Montrose that my lungs had not only endured an explosive chest wound but, in fact, seemed none the worse for wear. In fact, reported a perplexed emergency-room physician, it was as though they hadn't been touched. Of course they had been touched; that was the very point."

Another miracle.

Theme-

Love your enemies.