Blog Response #6
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.
In the book Night, the narrator Elie does a really good job at describing things because he is able to think back on his memories. One image that he describes very well was when he was put in the cattle cars and transported to Auschwitz. He described the people and the things they would see very vividly. Another image he described very well was the time when he was whipped. He described it so clearly that as you read you felt like you were part of the story and you could picture yourself being there.
ReplyDeleteI feel like if the narrator can go back in his life and picture what happened they can create a great image.
Deletei would agree i feel like that if he could it would be a great image to see
DeleteI am also reading Night; I agree with your claim that Elie describes him being whipped very well. I agree with you because like you said, he makes you feel as if you are there watching him take this pain.
DeleteJust like your author, mine also describes big scenes extremely well. It feels as if im right there watching it with my own eyes.
DeleteIn my book there were many scenes also that felt like you were part of the story, especially with the war that is happening in my book.
DeleteThat's just like my book. The words the author chooses make you feel the characters as if you were standing right next to them watching it all happen.
DeleteLike your author mine does an amazing job describing what is going on in the book. It makes it all feel so real, like the author experienced it himself.
DeleteElie does a great job at describing his life in this book and i agree its almost as if you were there
DeleteI also feel with my book you can picture what is happening very clearly and makes it feel like you are there.
DeleteI agree there are some big words but he goes into very good details when explaining what he went through
Deletesounds pretty interesting must be a good book might have to check this one out.
Deletemy book is about a young boy who is going though a war in his life if i had to picture that it would be very terrifying to watch and exsperice because no little boy shouldnt have to see their home being attacked by rebels
ReplyDeleteMy main character Amir also had to see some rough things when his town was attacked by the Taliban.
DeleteI agree. The author paints a very gruesome picture for a young kid to have to go through and it stands out when reading. All the piles of dead bodies and abandon villages really shows how in the war he is.
DeleteMy main character, Elie, also experienced something no 15-year-old boy should go thorugh. Elie was a Jew who had been seperated from his mother and sisters. His father and Elie were sent their own way and are in a camp in Auschwitz and have endured tons of beatings and so much hunger.
DeleteBoth of my main characters, Mariam and Laila, are going through wars as well. I, too, think it would be horrifying to go through a war and see all your loved ones die. I think it would be an awful experience.
DeleteI agree with you , I think it would be very difficult to go through that and to also paint that picture for others like the authors do in the books
DeleteI agree, it is very sad for Ishmael to experience war at such a young age. It is very sad watching him life wash away as he becomes a part of the military fighting the rebels.
DeleteIn my book A Long Way Gone the author uses many ways to create an image. The last chapter I read a city was under attack, he used strong words to express the house blowing up and proceeded to tell us how every person looked after dying. Also, in the beginning of the book he talked about a mother running with her child in her arms and the child got shot right in the back. With the child bleeding blood all over mom's arms mom uses the child as a shield even though the kid died. I felt like that was described well. When the boys were crossing the river/ stream the author explains how thick and tough the stream is to cross. If you didn't run fast through it you would get stuck and if you carried a lot of stuff, you should drop it before you cross otherwise you won't make it. One boy tried carrying stuff through and got caught by a rebel.
ReplyDeleteOur stories relate in a way because the Taliban attacked the town Amir and his father lived in.
DeleteThe author writes many complex scenes in detail about all the stuff thats happened to him
DeleteI am reading the same book and scenes when they almost get caught by rebels it goes into good detail of how they get away. Or when they returned there were dead bodies everywhere.
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DeleteIshmael does a great job not only explaining his story but not just describing areas and situations in his writing. I feel that if he were to just describe the other people or the villages it would get very repetitive.
DeleteElie also does similar things when talking about different people in the book. He describes how people look very vividly and even talks about small details too, like the smell from the chimneys.
DeleteI am reading the same and as I keep reading it seems like everything just gets into more and more detail as they continue this book.
Deletethis is like night when the prisoners had to leave the camp they were at and move father in to Germany in order to get away from the liberating armies
DeleteThe author did a great job putting the image of Amirs house. He described the house with having marble floors with crystal chandeliers hanging from above, gold stitched draperies lined up on the walls. The house also had four bathrooms with mosaic tiles. As I was reading Amir describe his house I could see in my head what I thought it would look like. Another part in the book is when Amir was describing his father, he described him as having a great big chest, smelled like of brut cologne and had a beard that would tickle Amirs face. He also describes him as being very brutish, not having a lot of emotion, and being very tough as he also says that he fought a bear and has claws marks in his back.
ReplyDeleteCreating an image of Amirs house would be cool because most of the story probably revolves around his house. In my book A long Way Gone Ishmael doesn't have a house so I didn't get that image in my book.
DeleteJust like yours Colton, Rahim and your character are kind of alike. He had to go out while under attack from the Taliban to find Hassan. I haven't read your book but i think yours is the same from the summary.
Deleteit seems like in my book A Long Way Gone they don't really go all in depth of describing the villages or the homes of people. they mainly just describe the horrific scenes in Sierra Leone and describing what people look like and about their tribe.
DeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, Malala also describes places in vivid detail. Though I wish that she described people in as vivid detail as Amir's father is described in your book.
DeleteI somewhat agree with Nolan, I am also reading A Long Way Gone. And although he doesn't give much detail about the villages or homes directly, you can still get an idea of it. You are still able to nderstand what he is describing.
DeleteIn the very begining of The Kite Runner It is described with sutch good detail i feel like i could just close my eyes and invision being in Amir's house.
DeleteOne image that has been captured in my mind while reading Night is when Elie told the readers that the Nazis used babies as target practice. With this knowledge, my brain illustrated babies being thrown into the air and being shot at as if they were a bale fo hay. This image I never wanted in my head because doing this is so sinister and cruel. A second image that my mind captured was when Elie illustrated his father being picked on and beaten by Franek after Elie told him no. This image seized my head because I pictured an older man standing their while a younger man kicked and punched him until he would curl onto the ground. This image is so vivid in my head because throughout the book so far, the Nazi officers often beat the Jews and left no compassion. A third image that was put into my head was when Elie was laid over a crate and whipped 25 times. This image was so vivid in my head because Elie describes his pain as he remembers being whipped every single time. This was also so vivid because Elie told the readers that he passed out and could not stand when he was demanded to. The author, Elie, accomplished the task of putting these three images in my head by describing all the pain he endured in complex details.
ReplyDeletethat of the time where a mother in my book whos baby got shot and died and she use it as a shield and that was just a curl image to see in my head
DeleteMY book is the same way. The way the book is written makes you feel like you are there in person. You can feel the hurt of off every person.
DeleteIn my book Malala has briefly mention her getting shot and she has already described it in detail and accomplished describing it, which has left an image in my head. So when I get to the actual day I feel like she will describe it even more and leave a more complex image in my head, which I can only imagine how that will be.
DeleteThis specific scene also stuck out to me because of how horrible it was. I had to re-read the sentence when he talked about the babies because I was so shocked.
Deletei also thought this part was described well as horrible as it was. it was easy to picture
Deletei agree i could really picture this scene in my head and how good he described how he couldnt move
DeleteThe first clear image i got from The Kite Runner was when the author described Hassan chasing the kite and Amir chasing him. He used a variety of descriptive words that made me feel I was running with them. He used words such as breathing hot and ragged, wheezing, and other key words that made a clear image. Another example is at the end of chapter 15 and the beginning of 16 when it shifts to Rahim's point of view. He shows how it was living in Afghanistan when surrounded by the Taliban. While under attack, he described the bombs and shots popping off all while looking for Hassan. Khaled describes every big scene in this book extremely well and it makes for a interesting read.
ReplyDeleteRahim being under attack seems similar to Ishmael constantly running away from rebel soldiers in my book.
DeleteIn my book there's a scene also describing bombs and shots going off everywhere and also takes place in Afghanistan.
Deletei agree for our book,very well described in kite runner
DeleteIn my book there is a similar scene with bombs and shots going off everywhere around the town. My book also takes place in Afghanistan where you feel part of the scene.
Deletethis helps me kinda make sense of what i read thank you.
DeleteI think the author of kite runner is very good at describing these kinds of things because the story is about his life.
DeleteA long Way gone is a very gory book that is easy to get a picture in your head about whats going on in the story. One that sticks out to me is when a village was raided and everyone knew they were coming but the priest wouldnt stop mass even though everyone left. The rebels then tourtured him and hung him on a cross in the middle of the villaage. Another image that sticks out to me in the book is when the group of boys gets forced to join the army. I found it easy to imaging a bunch of little 13 year olds who are skinny from hunger lugging around ak47s.
ReplyDeletei agree he described the priest and what happened in a lot of detail so it was very easy to see
DeleteI agree he gives you the run down of what is going down and is very detailed of the surrounding area.
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ReplyDeleteMy book is a long way gone. The images that i see are of the burned bodies in the village his parents were in. He explains them in detail as he looks through the bodies for his parents. I see this image clearly because it would be such a terrible thing to look at so it stuck with me. Another image is when he is with the other soldiers in tents watching movies with them. Its easy to imagine some people watching movies. He does this by explaining most things that happen to him in a lot of detail even the smaller things.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, the scenes also stick with me, but the main difference is that in my book I remember the scenes because of how beautiful they are, not like a Long Way Gone's gruesome scenes.
DeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, the pictures go with me, but the biggest difference is that in my book I remember the scenes because of how gorgeous they are, not like a Long Way Gone's gruesome scenes.
DeleteMy book, "I am Malala" has disturbing imagery as well that I also cannot seem to forget.
DeleteIn the book Thousand Splendid Suns the author describes many scenes very vividly. One scene I can really imagine is when the author explained how there were whistle sounds and destruction occurring around everyone because of the war in Afghanistan. The words and describing of the sounds made me picture this scene and what this might look like very vividly. Another scene I could picture clearly is when Laila was getting ready to leave Kabul to get away from the war, a mistle blew up in front of her and threw her against a building. The author used very descriptive words in this scene also along with many others.
ReplyDeletein my book A Long Way Gone my main character Ishmael tries to get away from the war many times and is always faced with difficulties on the way to safety. my author also uses very specific words to describe horrific scenes in my book
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone and there a many scenes in this book that make it really tough to read. one of the chapters they had described them walking across very hot sand with no shoes for days. the way they described their feet blistering and talking about the torture they were going through, the descriptive wording he used made it very easy to picture what was happening those few days. Also the scenes when the rebels taking control over a village and taking their religious leader to a cross, setting him on fire and let dogs get to him. one of the more rough chapters to read and as a reader made it difficult to try to think about what was happening that evening. because of the severity of what was happening that is what made it so easy to picture what was happening although tough.
ReplyDeleteI agree very tough to read when they returned to Mattru Jong earlier when the rebels attacked and killed a lot of people. When the author described the dogs eating the mans flesh that churned my stomach.
DeleteI also agree that this is difficult to fathom at times, and scenes like the one of the priest made me very sad when reading.
DeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, the pictures go with me, but the biggest difference is that in my book I remember the scenes because of how gorgeous they are, not like a Long Way Gone's gruesome scenes
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone. It's about this 13 year old boy with his friends and they have to try to survive through unimaginable things. The way the author described this book was so vivid that you could picture every little detail. One scene that I remember, that I probably won't ever forget is when a mother was running away from the Rebels, who were killing people and burning houses down, and she was holding her baby who got shot. She was using her dead baby as a shield. I'm sure she wanted to save him at first but then it turned into survival. Another scene is when Ishmael thought he found his family and ran down to a village to go save them which was under attack by the Rebels. When he ran past this house, it was on fire and people were screaming from the inside. A little boy and a mom came running out inflamed on fire. The way he described what he was seeing, made me hurt for these people. They died in awful ways.
ReplyDeleteI also remember the woman using her dead baby as a shield it was so sad and i could see it in my head it was heartbreaking.
DeleteIn my book A Long Way Gone the author explain vary vivid scenes but the ones the stuck with me were when Ishmael and the group were walking on the sand for days and they couldn't get to the water because of the big waves but it was so hot it burned the flesh on the bottoms of their feet after they got off the sand they came to a village with someone that burns these leaves which the smoke heals there feet. But the way the flesh hanging from there feet caught my eye. As well as when they got captured at the end of Ch. 9 and brought to the chief of that group and they undressed them and found Ishmaels cassettes and the chief made them dance and sing to the cassettes, after they did he let them go. Very heart warming because the chief understood they were just children.
ReplyDeleteI am reading I Am Malala, and she also describes her scenes very vividly, but the main difference is that her scenes are more memorable because of her words, not because of what's happening.
DeleteI am also reading a long way gone and I am very surprised on how descriptive of what happened to his foot and the journey he had to go through.
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ReplyDeleteI am reading the book I Am Malala, and she is able to paint very beautiful pictures of the scenery around her home. The most memorable one is when she describes her immediate surroundings of her home and I feel it is so memorable because of how otherworldly-beautiful she described it. The second most memorable is the school, and I feel like that's because of how passionate she is about it. Not only does she care about it so much, but her family also cares about it, so I feel that helps enhance Malala's words.
I agree, in the beginning it seemed like it was only going to be about what her home country had looked like before the Taliban took over. It definitely seems like Swat is way more pretty than Epworth, at least by the way she describes it.
Deletein the book a thousand splendid suns the author also paints a beautiful picture of one of the main characters homes and how she also almost described it like a clearing from a fairy tale
DeleteI would have to agree with that the scenery sound much more enjoyable than the scenery in a place like Nebraska.
DeleteIn the novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the author Khaled does an amazing job describing what is going on around the main characters. When Laila was talking about hearing the sound of the sand he made it turn into the sound of a bomb whistling down onto her house. Another time is when Laila described hearing Rasheed beat Mariam downstairs, and the horror she felt when she saw what looked like Mariam's lifeless body.
ReplyDeletemy author also does a amazing job of describing the story
DeleteMy author is doing a great job at describing because she describes her town and everything that is happening in detail, which I can see clearly in my head. She also describes sounds too that helps me paint the picture better since it takes place in a different country that I don't know a lot about.
DeleteI agree that the author does such a good job describing things like small details with a big impact like the sound Laila hears but also describing the settings in great detail.
DeleteIn the beginning of I Am Malala, Malala describes what Pakistan was like in lots of detail. When she deescribes how far behind Pakistan is compared to England, she made Pakistan seem like the caveman days with talk of cooking over a fire and having oil lamps as their source of light. Another sense of imagery she described very well was when they came back to Swat, she described theirr garden as a jungle and this made me picture lots of overgrown vines and a whole mess of green in her yard.
ReplyDeleteIn my book the author descrribes his home and the other villages very well especially after they have been attacked
Deletein the book night Elie does a great job at describing the smallest details in the book, for the first one i can picture when he was in the cattle cars and how tight in was from everyone being inside and then a little after that he described what Auschwitz was like and i tried to imagine what everyone had to do there and one part that stands out from Auschwitz was when they had to sleep in the mud in one of the racks, then one that's happened recently was when the bombs struck the factory's and Elie described that sight very well. and the things i pictured for each were being surrounded by people in the cattle car and it being really cold and i also pictured what it would have been like sleeping in the mud and for the bombs i pictured buildings and the ground shaking
ReplyDeleteI feel that the book is so descriptive you could write this essay on about every page of it, there isn't a part of the book where something isn't being described because that's the whole point of the book.
Deletei also imagined the cattle cars very easily, and auschwitz the same way just horrible conditions.
DeleteIn the novel " A Long Way Gone" Ishmael is very good at times, painting a picture in the mind of the reader. One of the images I imagine is when he was stranded in the jungle. I pictured a tree with a very thick branch that he would call home, covered in moss. Another image that is very vivid is the image of some of the villages these rebels are attacking, empty, deserted, and abandoned. One more image that i see so clearly in his writing is when the boys were heading back to Mattru Jong after hearing about the rebels and seeing all the families covered in blood and seeing people carrying dead family members. Ishmael does this so well because he speaks about these situations so frequently that I created such a vivid picture of it.
ReplyDeleteI also remembered this scene very clear, and I cannot believe someone so young can witness these kinds of things.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone, an image that the author has painted in my mind so far is when Ishmael's feet were destroyed from walking so far without shoes. He described it looked like if someone had taken a knife and cut the skin from the bottom of his foot. Another scene was when was further back when Ishmael was bathing himself in a river, and he said his skin became slimy when he put water himself. This book has great imagery and has allowed me to imagine this story clearly.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read about Ishmael's burning feet from the hot sand, I could feel his pain. I could visualize his peeling feet so vividly.
Deletei agree how Ishmael describes the things he went through makes it easy to imagine
DeleteI agree, Ishmael painted a vivid picture when describing the burning pain and continuing to walk while his feet were being burned by the sand. I could feel the pain he was describing.
Deleteone of the first images i remember seeing is whenever hassen got chosen over amir,i feel like im there watching amir feel left out. the 2nd image is when amir makes it look like hassan stole his birthday money and that whole scene of whats going on. lastly when hassen flying a kite and amir chases him. the author describes everything so well.
ReplyDeleteI understand how the first image stood out to you because choosing between people is very hard.
Deletei would have to agree with that because choosing between two people would be a very hard thing to do.
DeleteIn the book A Long Way Gone, Ishmael is traveling from village to village searching for safety. Along the way he encounters terrible sights. One day he was walking and he saw people laying dead on the ground. He described so many grotesque things that had happened to these people. The second thing is when he described his feet after walking in the burning sand for hours. I could see and almost feel his pain. Lastly, he described what he saw when he arrived at his family's destroyed burnt village. He described how he saw bodies and burnt villas.
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ReplyDeleteI am reading I Am Malala. In the book she only describes a few places in detail. The first important place that Malala had described was her house. Throughout the book her family has moved many times and with each new house she described them in great detail. The way Malala described each house I captured an imagine in my mind that could show her family's wealth and status at the time. When Malala was born she described her house and I imagined it as a little shack that a dirt floor with only 1 or 2 bedrooms. Now at the part I am in the book, Malala described her house again and I imagined it as a normal family home there where it has a kitchen with 3 or 4 bedrooms where Malala has her own space and freedom. I also imagined this house as a place that it is important to her and her family since it is their home where they live together and share with other people they love and care about, like extended family members. The second place that is important that Malala describes is her father's school. The is important to her because she values education and because she grew up in that school since its her fathers. Malala described this school as her second home where she felt at her best and told all the great memories she had from when she was little to when she attended it. Which I imagined as her happy place where she was at her best and had her most freedom. The reason why Malala described these places so vividly was because they were important and valued by her and her family, which were the most important places for her story and helped me understand it better.
ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael describes scenes very vividly and it makes it so easy to picture it feels like you're there with him. One scene the really sticks out is when him and a few other boys were forced to walk across burning hot sand for a day and how their feet at the end were peeling, bloody and caked in sand. Another was when he passed through a village that had been destroyed by the rebels. Ishmael brings up how pots of food were rotting, how miscellaneous items had been scattered about and all the dead bodies of the village people who weren't lucky enough to get away. The descriptive words the author uses makes it simple to imagine what it looked like during these terrible times
ReplyDeleteI agree to how he explains every scene so vividly and are able to be there with him it makes it very easy to feel how it would if you were in his shoes.
DeleteI'm reading the book I Am Malala, and she can paint incredibly beautiful pictures of her surroundings. The most memorable is when she recounts the immediate surroundings of her home, and I believe this is because of how otherworldly-beautiful she depicted them. The school is the second most remembered, and I believe this is due to her enthusiasm for it. Not only does she care deeply about it, but her family does as well, and I believe this adds to Malala's remarks.
ReplyDeleteWhile I am not reading this book with what you have put gives me an idea of what you are thinking about when it comes to those places.
DeleteKhaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner, describes the individual fights Amir must go through to win the winter kite running tournament in order to get some sort of praise or approval from his father. Also, he describes how Baba is fit and does not show a lot of emotion. Baba is depicted as this stern father figure that sometimes thinks that there is no way Amir is his son based on how he acts. Amir is shown where he just takes the bullying and does not fight back. Where Baba fights no matter what even if it is not in his favor,
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the Book long way gone by Ishamel Beah and he had a lot of different pictures of his surroundings and backgrounds where he was at. One image is when was firing upon the rebels and he explain all the sounds, and his scenery of what he was seeing with his own eyes. He described a lot of what is going down bit by bit, and I can understand what is happening in this book.
ReplyDeleteI think first person is probably the best way to explain things in a story, it gives it a non generic feel and something that comes from somebody else to the reader so it feels more real.
Deletea similar thing happened in night when the liberating army were approaching and elie described the sounds of the cannons going off fired by the Germans
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, the author does a great job of describing what the main characters are going through. The scene where they are getting attacked Laila can hear the bombs and the town being destroyed. This scene almost made it feel as if you were right there while it was happening.
ReplyDeleteI am also reading that book and I would have to agree with what she stated as when reading that part I thought the same thing.
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone and these books sound very simaller and vivid.
DeleteI am reading the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, and the author has several places in the book that are easy to envision. One of the places would be when Mariam first moved in with Rasheed. The reason would be as Hosseini gives a lot of good details about places. Hosseini even went as far as to remark about the dust in places and the smell that is in the house. Another spot in the book that I could picture is when Laila, her dad, and Tariq are visiting the place with the giant Buda statues. The reason for this place would be that for me is that Hosseini gives a lot of small details about the statues and the area around them.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that in those places I had a really easy time picturing what was being described it was a little surprising all the little details but it really helped and made everything that much more vivid.
Deletein long way gone the three that has stuck out to me most has been when Ishmeal was in the forest running away from the pigs hiding in a tree another would probably have to be in the camp where all the soldiers were kept because it was just mostly places people slept and lodges with a cafeteria where a lot of things went down like fighting. the third one would most likely be when they were in the big cities looking up at the big towers I can think of this because I have seen something like this before.
ReplyDeletethis seems very breath taking by the way you explain it, it makes me think about a rain forest and a poor girl running for her life trying to escape but nowhere to run or to go worst part is something with four legs is chasing her.
DeleteNight is a very descriptive book in the sense of how much detail is on every page despite how short the pages are. a few of the images that stood out happen to be the burning of the bodies at Auschwitz, and a girl the author supposedly imagined in the concentration camp. there are many more things like that in this book especially, these are just some of the more notable examples.
ReplyDeleteI could also picture the concentration camps and I can imagine the smell of the burning bodies that filled the air.
Deletea picture I imagined from the book night is when he was in the ghettos. i pictured this as very crowded and dirty. especially when they are being put in the cattle cars i picture it as hot crowded and tiring. they say they are all hot and thirsty and nobody is there to give them water. another moment i picture is when everyone is in the cattle cars on the way to Auschwitz. i picture this to be miserable, hot stinky, crowded and just awful. there is a women that is hallucinating a fire in the distance and there is many people annoyed of it.
ReplyDeletei agree when i was reading the part when they all got put into Caddle cars all i could think about is 100 people in a 20 by 20-foot room with barley any air to breathe and the wood almost rotten. it had to be very miserable.
DeleteI did this to and I know it would suck like you would get soo dehydrated so fast you would probably feel sick put they had to push through it.
DeleteAs I was reading the book night as well I was thinking the environment where they sleep is not sanitary because if they have them doing jobs and heavy lifting with dirt their sleep area has too be not as clean as expected to be.
DeleteIshmael Beah uses very descriptive terms to paint pictures throughout A long way gone. A few images that were painted vividly in my head was when Ishmael was describing the death of the family after he broke down the door to let them out of a burning building. He thoroughly described the movements of the mother and child before they died. Another picture that was vividly pictured was when Ishmael described how he felt when he shot his first rebel, and how his morals deteriorated.
ReplyDeletethroughout night theres lots of uncertainty and death and reading with how the author words things makes me feel terrrible for the people in the holocaust and never realized how bad it truley was until i read this book
Deletea vivid image in my head and pretty much the only thing that i have understood in my book the kite runner is babas black mustang. i can imagine this with a set of american racing wheels and the nice wood trim package on the interior and the 302 small block and the 5 speed top loader trans pretty cool car for a ford.
ReplyDeleteI can also imagine in my book "Night" Elie in the cattle cars and having to watch a distraught mother go through some mental problem and I think it was very important to the story to show how traumatic it was for some people that early on.
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ReplyDeleteIshmael Beah uses very descriptive words to get you to understand what was happening. A few images that Ishmael successfully made me feel was when Ishmael was describing the death of the family in burning building. He described the actions of the mother and child before they died. Another picture that was vividly described was when Ishmael described how he felt when he shot his first rebel, and how he felt so wrong.
ReplyDeleteIn the book a thousand splendid suns the author made me imagine the creek in the beginning of the book by describing all the pebbles and the trees near by and just helped me imagine the hill top and the clearing by the creek they lived by. another image the author described was Mariam's bed room in Rasheed's house the bed and the dresser near the window with her un opened suitcase at the beginning. these images stand out to me because of the amount of detail they went in to describe the setting and describe the places around the characters.
ReplyDeleteThe author did use some good details while including things that were insignificant, but seemed to really tie everything together putting an even clearer picture in my head of what is being described.
DeleteI am reading the book Night and one of their pictures that was painted for me is when Elie was at the camp before selection a pipil was being hung he was a 13 year old boy, he got into the noose and the SS kicked out the chair and he was dandling their Elie made it known that all the other people's tongues already turned purple and were dead but this boy who was too light to choke himself to death he was just sitting there and were all forced to watch hearing this boy wheezing for air and choking on his own saliva. another picture was when he was working in the factor, and he had to sit there and watch his father get almost beaten to death hit after hit and he could not do anything or else he would die the blood coming from him and the anger and exhaustion he had within him. for the last picture I would definitely say when they were at Birkenau when he they Jews getting thrown into the fire pits and infants and toddlers getting tossed in a small fire one by one for what reason..... none that one did not sit right with me.
ReplyDeleteI agree I could also picture when he had to watch his dad get beaten, and I think it would scar me forever to have to watch my own father nearly get killed.
Deletei agree that the things done were terrible but the fact that the author can really bring you to the camp without actually being there with how descriptive he is with his wording is truley incredible
DeleteYes I would feel like I needed to help him but I could not and to watch my dad get beat up I would just feel helpless.
DeleteIn the book Night, I can picture Elise in the cattle cars with 80 other people. I can picture everyone standing there in silence and there being one small window that barley provides light. Another thing I can picture is when the prisoners are forced to move camps and they have to run for hours in the deep snow. I can picture everyone grouped up and surrounded by soldiers while they run for house and if you slow down you get killed. He is able to write and make people picture what is going on because he is writing about what he experienced.
ReplyDeleteThis is similar to A Long Way Gone because Ishmael also describes how he isnt free.
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ReplyDeletein my book night eliezer describes things very well from nature of the cruel detail of the holocaust and aushwitz. he was very detailed when explaining the ride on the cattle cars and arriving at the doors of aushwitz seeing all the dead bodies and everyone getting split up from there family and and describing the things his father was going through was a really brutal sight that he gives to the readers mind. some people find this bad but i think its something an author needs to have to write a good book
My books author is also very good at describing the details of very goring and disturbing things.
DeleteI read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and I second that. My author is amazing at describing horrifying things without focusing too heavily on them and making you reach for an image beyond his description. He makes you create your own image and takes it a step further. I don't know how Hosseini does it, but I cannot put these images out of my mind--even when I put the book down. I catch myself thinking of the book when I am away from school and out with friends, or at the grocery store. Hosseini's writing is an adventure.
DeleteMy book also describes Gruesome events like how Ishmael witnesses multiple people die.
DeleteI think that Night is a difficult read because Elie talks about what he had experienced and had gone into great detail about everything
DeleteElie is a very good author and how he remembers what happened and how well he explains what happened and really gives the reader a picture in their head. When Elie was whipped 25 times i could really picture that and how he explained how he wanted to move but couldnt move a single bone in his body. Also how when they got showers and had to run naked and it was a little chilly outside. i could really picture this and he does a great job explaining this in detail
ReplyDeleteI agree with this because when I read this part it helped me sympathize towards him and helped me realize that a kid should not be living a cruel life like this.
DeleteI also agree with this, he does really well painting a picture for his audience. Just reading the part where he was whipped makes you very sad for this character and all of the others involved in Auschwitz.
Deletethis reminds me of when ishmeal from a long way gone got his shoes taken on a beach with hot sand and went into great depth on the sand burning the flesh off his feet
DeleteIn the book A thousand Splendid Suns the author, Khaled Hosseini, uses a lot of descriptive language making it easy to follow and picture. One part in the book I thought was describe very well was when Babi took Laila and Tariq to see these statues. They climb to the top which was very high up and talked about what Laila was seeing. How the farms with animals and the people tending those farms looked small. The way the different colors seemed to blend together creating a beautiful sight. What she could smell and hear. Also how Laila paid attention to everything around her even describing Babi and Tariq.
ReplyDeleteI read the same book and I also thought that the description of the land below was exceptional. I remember them describing the women as "tiny."
DeleteIn my book Kite Runner the author did a good job of describing the new environment that they live in after the government fell and the russians took over. He describes how the once busy streets are abandoned by the people and taken over my russian soldiers and how he can hear the gunshots in the night from soldiers killing people that stayed out past curfew. A time when the author also painted a picture in my mind was when Amir won the kite tournament, he did a great job of describing how the roads were filled with people watching and people watching from the windows of their buildings and cheering him on.
ReplyDeletein the book thousand splendid suns the first event is when the rocket hits Lalisa house killing baba mammy. the second one is the abuse that Mariam gets from Rashed all because she cant have a kid.
ReplyDeletein the book night the author describes when the yare stuck in the barracks barley being able to breathe being pressed up against each other his hands cutting in to the other prisoners skin the damp mildew air clogging his breathe barley being able to breath not being able to see just hear the cry's of the others
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night I imagined them in the cattle carts on the train and I could connect to Elie because when he said they got pushed into this cattle cart he said it was so hot they were sweating and he could see the sweat running off everyone's face just like I remembered last year working on this job close too Balltown and I could just feel the sweat coming off off my face and every 5 minutes I had to get a drink just to stay hydrated but it was like 90 some degrees that day and my dad got to the point he had to sit down because he did get dehydrated and us kids Mavrick, LeighAnn, and me all had to finish the job by ourselves because dad did not feel good, so that is how I could imagine Elie being so hot in the cattle carts with no wind or anything to cool him down. Then second part in the book I could imagine was when Elie was in the hospital and he was in the operation room and they did not even put him out and he could feel all the pain of the surgery so I could imagine that because I went to my dads dentists with him one time when he had to get a tooth pulled and he wanted to try it without Novocain and he was holding onto the the dentist chair so tight so that is how I could relate.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night the imagery that I have noticed was when the author compared the concentration camps to a epidemic because he uses it to express how lonely and dead the the concentration camps are. I enjoy how Elie explains how the concentration camp looks like, he explains the way it looks how packed it is and even how they did not have clothes on one of their day's there. the images are very important because it gives the reader a movies they can create in their head.
ReplyDeleteIn Night, Elie does a good job describing all the pictures so you wont forget that it looked like. One that stuck out to me was the cattle car. I feel that as a 15-year-old getting ran out of your home to live on your own in the ghettos and not knowing what was happening next would be terrifying. He makes you feel like you were a little fly in the cattle car watching them all get pushed into it and riding along to the camp. When he describes the smell if the burning flesh and what the flames looked like and how different people responded to seeing that for the first time.
ReplyDeletethis is similar to my book a long way gone. my main character, ishmeal, is constantly being pushed from town to town and trying to survive.
DeleteI agree because if thats what happened when he first go there, then you could tell that the rest of the book was also going to be very challenging to get through.
Deletein my book a long way gone ishmeal is also stuck without family at a young age and it seems surreal how fast he learned to be independent
DeleteOne image that has been captured in my mind by the author of "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is the image of Nana hanging from the tree. The author describes the narrator's experience as she approaches her mother's corpse. There is a detailed description of the pathway and the "drooping branches of the weeping willow." Though her mother's body is never specifically described, the description of the rope and the chair beneath the branches of the tree forced my mind to imagine the woman at the end of the rope and I felt as though I could picture as I read the rest of part one. In fact, every time Nana was mentioned from that point on, I pictured that image.
ReplyDeleteAnother picture that was burned into my mind was the picture of Giti's exploded body and her foot atop a roof. Something about mentioning the specific type of sock and shoe on her foot made it so hard to forget and the thought of her "nylon sock and purple sneaker" lingers whenever she is mentioned throughout Laila's point of view. It is honestly disturbing to imagine because it is so gory and that is probably why I cannot put it out of my mind.
My book also has gruesome scenes that stay in my mind.
Deletethat is a lot like my book. its super graphic and descriptive.
DeleteOne Image in "A long way Gone" is the image of death around every corner. Ishmael Beah shows this throughout the story by telling us about the gruesome deaths he has witnessed from his friends. Another image that Ishmael shows us is the lack of freedom because no matter where ishmael goes he isnt welcome and it seems like everyone wants to capture him and his friends.
ReplyDeleteIn "I am Malala", Malala does a great job at describing the image of her valley in Swat. She depicts the mountains beautifully and captures the audience with her endearing tone. I can almost see the gorgeous sun looming over the hills and the grass glistening in the light. It's a lovely image compared to the next one, which is a member of the Taliban holding a dismembered head as a bus drives by. The people witness in horror constantly and witness death everywhere. It's very morbid, and almost hard to imagine. But it's the reality of life in Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteIn the book" Night" Elie does really well reflecting back on his past. One picture he painted for the readers was him watching the children and adults being thrown into the fire and him wanting to commit suicide so his father didn't have to watch him die.
ReplyDeleteA second picture was him watching his father being beaten by the character "Idek" and having to endure it himself is sort of heart breaking to read and I can just visualize this happening so I think he does a really good job with reflecting on his past.
Deletein my book a long way gone, the author does a tremendous job with describing everything and really laying out the scene. when ishmeal is talking about a death you can see it almost perfectly in your head. it is very gruesome to picture but also helpful in knowing what is actually happening.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Night, Elie goes into depth about everything he says. One of the more detailed images he talks about is when he first arrives to Auschwitz, he says that he he could see the ash from the fire where they were burning everyone and he could also smell the burning of flesh.
ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone Ishmael describes burned villages in great detail much like Elie describes the ash.
Deletein the book a long way gone i think Ishmeal does a great job explaining the killings of his prisoners and what was going through his mind when it happened i also think that he went very in depth on time square in New York city and i apricated how he explained it as if it would be my first time seeing it too explaining all the signs and bright colors the snow fall and how the weather didn't matter
ReplyDeleteIn the book A Long Way Gone Ishmael describes the horrors of the war in great detail. Some scenes that really stuck with me are the descriptions of the destruction of the village, the description of the refugees from other villages coming into the village he in wounded and maimed, and the old man sitting in a chair with a bullet hole in his head. These scenes show how ruthless the fighting was and how no one was safe from the war.
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