Blog Response #7
Imagery is key to capturing the reader's imagination and taking him/her on the adventure within the book. All 4 authors use several different techniques to paint a picture in your mind of the scenes within the plot of the book. Share two or three images that have been captured in your mind through the author's word choice. Why are these images so vivid, and how did the author manage to accomplish this task? Be sure to include specific details of what you envisioned through the author's words.
Every time something tragic happens in the book, the author uses imagery to allow the reader to envision what happened. A few times the author did this was when the school was bombed, and the author described the rubble and how there was a gaping hole in the middle, so I envisioned basically a huge pile of rocks that was previously a school. Another time was when Malala was shot and the author was explaining how calm the bus had been before it happened. I envisioned a group of girls talking a laughing without a worry in the world, and suddenly three gun shots going off. The girls no longer laughing, but not screaming and crying, terrified for their lives. Recently in the book, Malala has been traveling from hospital to hospital to receive the best care possible. The author described Malala's condition and I picture her in a glass cube, hooked up to multiple tubes, and all alone. Doctors and nurses rotating in every once in a while, but ultimately, she is all alone in the glass cube.
ReplyDeleteI personally envisioned somebody getting onto the bus with the girls before Malala was shot, mostly because one of the people were asking who Malala was.
DeleteA character in my book is also in the hospital like Malala and I picture him all alone as well. He does not have a lot of people there to support him, he is all on his own. His jaw wired shut and not moving in the bed with pillows all around him. He lays in pain as his broken ribs poke into his lungs making it hard to breathe.
DeleteIn a long way gone they also describe the worst tragedies in the book with the most detail. I think this is because it is what affected Ishmael the most and so he is able to remember it more clearly than the rest of the story.
DeleteI think when ever a bad thing happens within the book imagery is very strong with what the reader has to say. One image that pops into my head was when Malala was shot Malala was very descriptive with her words and made sure people knew what she was going through abs what it looked like. Another image would be when she’s in the hospital she describes what the doctors say and do and all the cords that are hooked up to her in that moment. Another image that I can see when I read was when people came and wrecked there religious statues and how tragic that.
ReplyDeleteWhen we read this book in 6th grade i also saw that Malala put a big emphasis on her descriptiveness of her words to try and show what she went through.
Deletei also read this book in the 6th grade and i kind of liked it. i forget some parts of it like why did malala get shot and how did she live when she got shot in the face? im surprised she wasnt dead instantly after that, some people dont get a second chance at life like she did, how did that make you feel?
DeleteI have to agree that Malala is very descriptive when writing, but with her including pictures, it made it easier to envision what was happening .
DeleteI agree with you that there was a lot of description when Malala was in the hospital, especially when she was in the ICU. She described herself as being inside a glass cube, and I just imagine her in a bed in the middle of a room, but most of all, isolated and alone.
DeleteA couple scenes that really stick in my head about a long way gone was when Ishmael was trying to find a village he had to survive in the woods for months because he was walking through it. And one of the big parts is when Ishmael was running away from wild boars and he had to find a tree that he was able to climb so he wouldn't get eaten by the boars and the boars sensed him in the tree and the boars were trying to nock down the tree to eat Ishmael but the boars finally gave up. I feel like that had to be very scary for him because he was very weak to climb the tree and he had the fear of the boars running at him. The second big scene was when he went to a village that had been raided by the rebels and he had to see all of the people hung and burnt from the rebels and all the smells that was in the air I feel like if I ever came upon that i wouldn't be able to forget the people dead out of my mind and I fell like the smell of those dead bodies would never leave my nose.
ReplyDeletehow did it make you feel once you read about ishmael walking into a village and finding all the dead people from the rebels? i know i would be terrified to walk anywhere from the fear of the rebels.
DeleteI had the book A long way gone and I visioned the part where Ishmael had to run from the wild boars as well. I also picture when Ishmael was sitting alone in the forest as he was explaining his surroundings.
Deletethe part in are book about ishmael surviving in the forest stood out to me a lot because he is only 13 and has to learn how to survive on himself and not with the help of others.
DeleteSome things that stick out in the book Night that stuck with me. Would be when they are being moved by train and the author uses the sounds of people screaming to make you understand how they really felt being forced onto cattle cars and what they had to undergo to survive. Another time would be when he had to give up his gold pallet so his father would stop getting beat every day. The author really makes this stand out as like a choice Elie had to make but then he wouldn't be able to eat any food. I think that the author used his word choice very wisely to really show what it felt like for everyone there in the camps.
ReplyDeleteWould you have given up your golden tooth in this situation? for me its 50/50 because without it i would not be able to eat but if i don't give it up then my father would have been beat.
DeleteI think Elise should of gave his gold tooth up because his father would of been stronger and able to survive longer.
DeleteI think another memorable part of the book was the old woman on the train. she would keep screaming fire when there wasn't one but ironically most of the people aboard died and then were burnt in a furnace.
Deletei feel like he should have given up the tooth way earlier because by time he did the father already took a tremendous beating and after a few weeks the guard that took it got moved so in a way it was pointless to give it up if you did not give it up as soon as he wanted it.
DeleteThere were a few scenes that stuck out to me in Night. The first is when Elie's town is getting invaded and they were force to move into the ghettos. Elie used very descriptive words to help you envision his house when they left, such as "open rooms everywhere, gaping doors and windows looked out into the void." That quote is when he moved into the smaller ghetto. He also described this as an "open tomb". Another scene that stuck out to me is when they first got to the camp in Birkenau. "We saw flames rising from a tall chimney into a black sky." and "the smell of burning flesh". I believe that these moments stuck out to me because of how descriptive they were and how big the parts were in the book itself.
ReplyDeletethe screaming lady on the train really warned them about the fires. I wonder if Elise didn't just put her in there to add some foreshadowing.
Deleteyeah the ghettos were pretty wild. Elie was probably one of the lucky ones in that situation because his house was already in the zone that they were supposed to live in. it makes you wonder if he ever went back to his house and dug up the valuables from the cellar.
DeleteThe author of The Kite Runner does a perfect job of describing scenes with so much detail that it makes the reader feel as though they are there. In specific, he describes his hometown so greatly in the beginning of the book that later on, I remembered the layout down to where places he described and places that were missing. When he goes to America, he describes his run down home and the San Francisco air. He talks about the sights, smells, and sounds, placing me in his shoes in almost every scene. He talks about how it was hard to breathe when he first moved there because of the smog and I could imagine how he was feeling effortlessly.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your author does a great job with details. Does this book have many gruesome scenes with death?
DeleteI like that the author of our book describes so in depth so we feel as we are in the characters shoes. I think it allows us to feel as if we are apart of the book and living like they are. It really helps me as a reader picture what it is like as they go through their daily life.
Deletein the book a thousand splendid suns the author Khaled Hosseini allows the reader to imagination what is going on when the bomb goes off that killed Laila's parents. I also think he allows the reader to imagine when Mariam finds her mother hanging from the tree. and lastly he also allows imagination when Laila has to have her c section in the not good setting where it could have gone really bad. because she did not get any medication. and the reused glove hanging from a string in the air. i can evasions the torcher that these women went through out this novel.
ReplyDeleteDo you think the author wrote the book in a way that is understandable? Do they use enough detail to make sure it makes sense? Is there any unanswered questions you have. In my book Night I have multiple questions after it ended.
DeleteI agree that those parts in the book really to get you to paint a picture of the terrible things these women had to go though. But what exactly could you picture during these parts in the book? For example, when Mariam found her mother hanging from a tree i could picture her standing there not knowing what had just happened.
DeleteHonestly, the way the bombing was described was so trippy. I didn't particularly piece together what was being implied until, all of a sudden, Rasheed and Mariam were chilling there. The crossover between the stories was unanticipated, but done well enough.
DeleteThroughout A Thousand Splendid Suns the two character Mariam and Laila go though terrible things. One that really stuck out to me in the begging of the book was when Mariam went to see her father and when she came back to her house where her mother was hanging from a tree. A second one is when Laila's parents get blown up by a bomb and was now all alone because her best friend was gone and her parents were dead. The last one so fare in this book would have to be when Laila, Mariam and Laila's daughter got locked up and Laila's daughter was going in and out of consciousness. In these situations I could picture the terrible things these strong women and what they had to go though.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think the author goes into so much detail when something bad happens?
DeleteA scene that also stuck out to me is when Mariam saw her mother hanging. This stuck with me because this is nothing anyone should ever go through. When Laila and her parents got blown up that was a key detail for the book because this affects the whole story now. For some reason the only people going through terrible things in this book is the women.
Deletei think through out the book Resheeds beatings to the women get more and more descriptive. The book is also descriptive when laila had to have her c section in the scary tent with the dirty not go clean area.
DeleteIt sounds like Khaled Hosseini does a really great job with imagery in all of his books. I am reading The Kite Runner and he uses the same techniques in my book as he does in yours.
Deletei agree with preston, I also read kite runner awhile ago and the imagery was great and very vivid
Deletea few scenes that pop to mind in my book "Night" is when they first arrived to Auschwitz and the chimneys were rolling smoke and there was a big fire and the smell of burning flesh in the air. Elise was very confused to what was going on and frightened at what was to come. Another scene that comes to mind is when they were getting split into groups at Auschwitz they first had to walk past the big fire and no body wanted to move because they thought it was the end but it wasn't and they were all scarred with the sight of burned corpses.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the author was really adamint about making that part of the book realistic. since its the part most poeple would be able to imagine since its such a well known camp.
DeleteThe author really wanted to make it as realistic because it's what he went though. It's his way of expressing that people should know what happened and show his side of the story.
Deletethe author really did a great job describing each scene and with him being in the camps the details are more clear then any other book.
DeleteFrom reading these blog posts, it sounds like all of the books dive into some harsh topics such as suicide, death, illness, and even war. From this post specifically, it also sounds like the imagery the authors use really put the reader into the shoes of the protagonist.
DeleteTwo images I've been able to see through the book is Laila making out with Tariq. That's all they do in the book. Whenever they meet up, they are always kissing. The other scene I can see is when Tariq got into the brawl with the people in the park. They are both vivid because the author describes it well.
ReplyDeleteCody I agree with you there are so many scenes of Tariq and Laila. most of the time you know what is going to happen just because they are alone together. When Tariq got involved in the fight I was scared for him because I did not think he was going to be able to fight back as much as he did.
Deletein my book, Thousand Splendid Suns the most vivid images are either very romantical scenes with amounts of bodily fluids being exchanged or tongue involvement. otherwise it is really graphic content being explained in horrific ways, like in the book a friend of one of the main characters is with her friends on the street and it says how a rocket had came at the group and hem mother had been picking up pieces of her flesh. all of these parts get my attention every time but it is so disturbing.
ReplyDeleteThe part where the stray missle hit her friend was pretty graphic. They picked up her foot of the roof 2 weeks after she died.
DeleteThat sounds pretty graphic. It sounds about as graphic as my book A Long Way Gone. There are similar disturbing scenes.
DeleteI do agree that this part in the book is very graphic but I do believe there are a few more parts that you can really picture what the characters were going though.
Deletein the book they descried when Lailas familys house exploded and how there was a bar in her shoulder. how mariam had to bring her back to health. it is graphic but it is how people where living. it was also very descriptive when lailas friends from school died.
Deletethe way the author explains our characxhters is almost as vivid as art, they want us to have a clear image of them
DeleteThroughout my book the author tends to use imagery to help the readers see what it looks like where they live. One of the main ones that sticks with me is when Amir and Farid are walking around the town trying to find the orphanage looking for Hassan's kid. In my head the town and buildings are destroyed, many of them not in use no more with what the Taliban did to all of it. The author described that they could see bullet holes in the ground and on some walls of buildings. He described the air as thick and dark lingering above their heads. The author also described Amir in the hospital after his fight. Tubes sticking through his chest, jaw wired shut, rip across the middle of his top lip, and ribs puncturing his lung. Him laying in the hospital bed barely moving with pillows holding him up as he is lost and confused.
ReplyDeleteIn my book a long way gone the author also uses Imagery so you can picture what his surroundings look like.
Deletewhich book is this talking about? and are there a lot of gruesome details from the taliban killing people?
DeleteElie, the author of night, has seen some stuff. All of the awful stuff you hear about the holocaust Elie lived through. Elie's word choice is very descriptive allowing you to vividly imagine a bonfire full of children, hundreds of malnourished concentration camp tenants and the death of his mother, sister, and father.
ReplyDeleteI agree, i feel like thats what really drove the images to be so vivid, they are coming from a a guy who has lived them and seen the horrors we cant comprehend.
DeleteThat was another really vivid scene when the children where so young and where not able to fight.
DeleteA Long Way Gone is very similar when talking about the killings of people because most people in the villages are malnourished and struggling to even get a meal once a day; and a lot of the scenes where people die, talk about blood and intestines falling out of the people as they're trying to run from the rebels.
DeleteI am Malala is also similar but it depends on the situation. Some situations she was in she was very descriptive and some others were rougher along the edges. When she was in her coma, all the information she wrote in the book was from others perspectives so she couldn't make the best image out of it.
DeleteTwo images I have in my mind from Night is the train cars being cramped full of prisoners and when they have to walk past the hung prisoners. The scenes in my mind seem like they are from a movie when in reality the author just does a really good job at makeing my brain put the pictures together.
ReplyDeleteThat was so sad I was able to see people gasping for air, and people passing away
Deletethroughout my book, a long way gone, the author uses imagery a lot throughout the book. the author uses imagery when Ishmael is trying to survive with his friends when he is walking in the hot sand while walking to the next village. He tends to make it so you can picture it while you are reading it. it helps you feel like your feet are blistering from hot sand when your sitting in your bed. another part of the book where he uses imagery is when Ishmael and his one friend are shooting at the rebels and his one friend dies. you can picture it be cause Ishmael instantly wants to help him even though he could get shot and killed. it tells you that his friend falls on top of a tree dying and Ishmael starts to become deaf when all he cares about it his friend dying and that he is all alone now.
ReplyDeleteAnother pretty vivid scene is when ishmael went into the village that had been raided and he could hear see all the dead bodies and the people hanging I feel like I could never forget that.
DeleteIt is absolutely heartbreaking to know Ishmael feels like he is alone in this world, but seeing him open up to Esther and telling her about the dreams and experiences he has had makes me smile, knowing he is still a boy at heart and wants to feel loved and understood.
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns the author Khaled Hosseini uses imagery to help the readers feel like they are living in the book. The first scene that pops out to me is when Mariam was sitting outside her fathers house and he would not let her in. She slept out there all night by herself and in the morning when they brought her back home she saw her mother hanging from a tree. The guy was also frightened and said you were not supposed to see that . acting shocked. Another section of the book that sticks in my head is when Laila and her parents got blown up. Something hot and powerful hit her from behind is how the author described it. Laila was able to survive this, but the author described how the bomb made her ears go silent and ring. He also described what the bomb did to their city. His use of imagery and descriptive words really painted a picture in my head. These images are so vivid because of how the author describes it and the way he uses the words.
ReplyDeletei am certain that our author says things so vividly because he wants us to be close to our chatachters.
DeleteThe scene with her being left to dry outside of Jalil's house was brutal, not even taking the event with her mother into consideration. I was very much left with the impression of anticipation being turned into disdain, especially at the moment when she found that Jalil was inside the entire time.
DeleteOne of the most vivid scene I read in Night was when his father died. he dies right next to him and the last word he ever said was his name Eliezer. He was moaning and asking for water and I could here the tone of his voice in my head. the Next day Eliezer woke up and his father was gone. I was able to see pain, sadness, and a little bit of relief in his eyes Knowing that his father was gone. Another vivid scene from this book was when they hanged the young boy and had to watch him struggle for 30 min. because he weight to little and his death was not instant. I was able to see tears in others eyes as they had to wake by, people in the background praying, and others mad.
ReplyDeleteThe death of his father is similar to 2 death scenes in my book. One of the boys that was teaming up with our main character silently died throughout the night after becoming very sick. Another man that was helping the boys to survive was shot twice while they ran away from rebels. The man didn't tell the boys about his wounds because he didn't want them to worry. They found him dead the next day.
DeleteThe author did a good job of using imagery because of the way he described some of the scenes throughout the book would make you feel as if you were there. The scene when Ishmael is all by himself in the forest is my favorite because during this scene there is a lot of imagery. For example One of the images that was captured in my mind was when Ishmael said " Sometimes I watched the little monkeys practice jumping from tree to tree or watched the curious eyes of a deer that sensed my presence. The sounds of branches snapping off trees became my music." I imagined Ishmael relaxing in a tree with his eyes closed listening to nature around him. Another image I imagined was when Ishmael was explaining "One side of the sky was completely blue and the other was filled with stagnant clouds. The quiet breeze caused a branch to snap in the forest. The echo sounded like a cry, a wailing."
ReplyDeletethe scene where it talked about the monkeys really stood out to me aswell and i thought that it was very interesting to read.
Deletei also really felt like i was in that scene because there was a lot going on in the woods because when I'm in the woods i can feel the air and the quiet breeze.
DeleteI also felt like the scene where they talk about the monkeys really spoke out to me and was a very descriptive writing.
DeleteTwo scenes I vividly can see in my book is at the beginning when Amir and Hassan were terrorizing the town and the time Hassan was raped the only reason I remember this so vividly is because its the most eye opening part in the book.
ReplyDeleteThe scenes that I can see the clearest would be when he describes the blood and gruesomeness of the war. The scene where the village that held Ishmael's (the main character) family burned down and they were searching through it was very detailed and painted a clear picture. I could see the scorched bodies on the village ground and the buildings ablaze. Another scene was Ishmael's first time at war. The first time he killed was very detailed as well, but more of the noise I could picture rather than the images. I could almost hear the people screaming and the guns firing, and then everything going silent after the grenade exploded next to him, then sound returning again as the lieutenant got his attention.
ReplyDeleteOne of the scenes that are clear is when the schools are bombed. Malala described the schools as "just rubble", which could be described as "not descriptive enough", but I believe is a good enough description for a place that was bombed. Another scene is when her school went on a fieldtrip. Malala described the area around her as a paradise, with much greenery, and the streams clear. It also helped to envision what it was like by looking at the pictures Malala put into the book.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the pictures in the book definitely helpful to see what some of the places and people in the book look like.
Deletewhen you say rubble that reminds me of absolutly nothing left behind. like a building is torn down and everything is completly shattered bricks windows everything. that to me is a very good discription of the buildings that are junk.
DeleteI also agree that the pictures help you see abs understand how they where living and what they had to do to survive the bombings and the fights that where happening throughout the book.
DeleteIn the book night I feel like one scene that stood out was when they first showed up to the concentration camps, the way he described the rolling smoke from the chimneys and how the air smelled around the camp. Elie really made you feel like you could have been in his place with his word choice. another time was when the little Jewish boy was hung and his body did not weigh enough to kill him instantly, Elie made you feel his pain as he just swung there suffering and nobody around him could help the poor boy. the way Elie described these scenes really helped me imagine what they went through while in the camps
ReplyDeleteThe discription you gave definitely makes the concentration camp seem scary and traumatizing to see them get hanged and just struggling to survive
DeleteI agree that first time of them going through the camp was a very vivid part and made you realize how brutal the camps were and really tied you into the book.
Deletein my book A long way gone the author is really good at pointing out the small details that help you understand the book more. one of the scenes that stands out to me is when ishmael had to escape a village and then got lost in the forest for a really long time. pointing out the kinds of trees and animals but mostly birds because ishmael was eating the fruit that they ate. talked about the weather and everything else. and another scene that stands out to me was when ishmael and some of his friends got captured by civilians because they thought that the boys were rebels and punished them by taking there sandles on the hot sand that burned the bottom of there feet. and when they went to the next village they said there feet didnt have any top layer of skin.
ReplyDeletei agree that ishmael does a great job explaining the small details so you can put a very detailed image in your head
Deletei think that when something major or bad happens, Elie does a great job of showing the imagery. there was one part when he described that a little boy got hung but he didn't die right away because he wasn't heavy enough to pull the nuse tight enough since his body was lighter than his head so he sat there suffering. there was another part where he described how they were riding in the train cars, they were so crammed together that they could barely breath and would take turns sitting down and standing up for days at a time without breaks or food. i dont know what i would if i ever had to go through that
ReplyDeleteI agree that those times were all very visual parts of the book and they were all very helpful of helping us imagen something almost unimaginable.
DeleteSome images that go through my head in the book A Long Way Gone, is the dense forest surrounding the mud and grass huts. Another image I can imagine is the way the rebels come into the villages to raid them with trucks and running with AK-47's just open firing on anyone who comes in contact. The reason these images are so vivid is because all of the creative words being used to describe every motion that happens. A lot of words are used to describe the kids feet and skin when they are in the desert and to make it seem like they were in literal hell.
ReplyDeletethat is what i also talked about was the kids feet, they got so beat up and hurt. your right it had to be total hell.
DeleteI also agree with that desert scene. I could only imagine the amount of pain that they went through.
Deletetimes that Ishamul captured my mind alot is when he talked about seeing blood gush out of peoples bodies and water from a faucet. its just so real and a sad thing that happened. another is when he is running for his life his feet got torn apart. that reminds me of rabbits because they will getv sore feet from metal wire. and there will be sore spots with no fur.
ReplyDeleteI also thought about the blood out of the people and i could really imagine if there was bullet the blood coming out.
Deletei think that its crazy that such a young kid had to witness all of these things and now has to live with them for the rest of his life.
DeleteIn my book, I am Malala, she uses alot of imagery techniques for each situation. In the book there are a couple pages that have actual pictures in them. I think she wanted the readers to better understand for themselves that this story is completely real and actually happened. While the images are great for the readers to see visually what is happening, Malala also used words. For example after the shooting, because she was in a coma, she wasnt in the position to give the readers her perspective. Her coma determined alot of things and the details written in the book while she was in the coma was from someone elses perspective but she did a great job of explaining it like the reader is there with her.
ReplyDeleteOne of the first moments in A Long Way Gone that I can vividly remember was the first time they were running away from the rebels. The way Ishmael describe the slaughter in the village gave me chills. Burned bodies, slit throats, heads chopped off, the amount of blood spread through the village and the bodies and the descriptions of the people he saw running and getting shot. It was disgusting and terrifying, but it kept my interest to keep on reading. Another moment that I can vividly remember is when he describe this woman running with her baby on her baby, still thinking that it was alive even though the bullets had hit gone through the baby, as if it was a shield on the back of the mother. I almost felt a little sick about it because, I wonder how badly that must of hurt, to be begging that your child was still alive even though you knew that it was gone. I felt horrible. Ishmael really knows how to grab the readers attention with his details.
ReplyDeletein a thousand splendid suns, i believe it is vivid to make us closer to the charachters, for instnace when my main character talked about her boyfriend she explained how perfectly his head was shaped in like two papagraphs.
ReplyDeleteThe imagery in A Long Way Gone is very graphic but, thee most graphic things to me are the dreams that Ishmael has. One of the very first nightmares he had was about burying his own dead body. It talks about how he feels blood leaking through the white sheet the body is wrapped in and how he is shocked to have his own face looking back at him from in a grave. The next one that is so memorable to me is the dream he had about having dinner with his family again but, he was drenched in blood but his family didn't seem to care at all.
ReplyDeleteI agree i think the nightmares' go really in depth and are crazy. They seem so real to him and I could not imagine how scary those nightmares' actually were.
DeleteA Thousand Splendid Suns does an excellent job of imagery, as I'm given specific, vivid details of many scenes in the story. The first that sticks out was when Rasheed got so fed up with Mariam with all of her miscarriages, that he force-fed her a handful of rocks just to roast her for her cooking ability (saying that it was exactly how her rice tasted). By detailing how bloody her mouth became from the deed, I could almost taste the harm being done by the big guy. Another occasion was when Wakil sold out Laila and Mariam as they were attempting to withdraw from Afghanistan. Laila had asked Wakil to pretend he is their cousin, as women could not leave the country without a male relative. He agreed, but later recanted by whispering something to a militaman as they were about to board the bus. The feeling of betrayal and disappointment was conveyed brilliantly, and even I was left feeling like I lost my only shot at escape, fearing the punishment from Rasheed (that was also pretty bad, my man has to R-E-L-A-X).
ReplyDeleteThe major images that I can picture in my head are all not very pleasant pictures. The first one was near the beginning of the book. They talked about walking though the concentration camp and the horrible smell and the horrible sights of burning bodies and starving people and feeling like they were walking themselves to death. The other image is the Jews fighting over the bread that was thrown into the train carts. I could see the people jumping around and fighting like animals and people with bloody faces and bloody hands. Both of the images are so vivid because they where major parts in the book but also can be hard to imagen those sights so the author did a good job of helping me picture those thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe Author in A Long Way Gone was using imagery very well because you can really see how Ishmeal ran threw the forest.He says how the trees were 40 feet tall.Another image is the blood gushing out of the peoples heads and you can imagine when you get shot by a bullet how the blood would be oozing out.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the book kite runner there has been many different pictures i could paint in my head to get a vivid setting on what was going on. the first one would be when Hassan and Ali had to leave Amir was looking out the window watching them leave. i could just tell in my head he was definitely regretting putting the money under Hassan pillow. Also during the soccer game when they buried the man and women and threw rocks at there heads it gave a good description how the whole field was dirt and dry and none of the fans were cheering hoping the Taliban wouldn't hear them but they ended up doing it anyway which had got them all caught. if i were in Amir position i definitely would try to escape Iraq and get to somewhere knowing I'm safe and not at any second i could be killed
ReplyDeleteone thing that really stuck out to me in "A Long Way Gone" is earlier on in the book when ishmael was in the woods by himself surviving off of berries and what he could find and sleeping in trees. i think the main reason that this really stuck out is because i am an outdoors person and i have a little understanding of what this is like. i was really able to make an image in my head with this scene. another one that really stuck out was when they were hiding in the bushes after they just escaped the rebels. i also think that i was able to make a good image of this scene because i can kind of relate that to hunting where u hide and wait for an animal and have to sit there very still waiting.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many good scenes about him and the rebels and killing its crazy how in depth each and every scene goes.
DeleteA scene that stuck out for me was one scene where Ishmael ended up sliting someone throat and it talked about their Adams apple and it was pretty gross even to read. Another scene is when he ended up getting close to Ester and i though that was cool how a boy who was borderline insane ended up coming back and caring for someone.
ReplyDeleteA scene in the book " kite runner" that stuck out to me would be when Amir was getting beat by the blacksmith of the Taliban with brass knuckle's, and was told if he could walk out of the room alive that they would set him free. i could image this in my head due to the fact it explained that Amir was gushing blood out of his nose and was swallowing his own teeth. but also explained Amir liked being beat up at the time because he thought it was a sign of relief. Another scene i could picture in my head would be when Hassan and ali were leaving the house and Amir was watching closely outside of his window. i could image this because i know Amir felt sad and had a sign of regret for sneaking the money under Hassan pillow when Hassan truly didn't do anything that bad to be kicked out of his home by baba
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