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.
My book is night, one image that stays with me is the haunting sight of the silent night sky over the concentration camp, which felt heavy with despair and loss. Another is the sad vision of the endless line of prisoners shuffling forward in the snow, their faces hollow and eyes dim, as if life itself had been drained away. These images are so scary because Wiesel’s precise word choice describing the cold and the emptiness pulls the reader directly into the moment, making the emotions almost feel like im there.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that the people shuffling forward in the snow was a sad part of the book and it was there only way they could clean themselves and the only way they got water way by eating the snow.
Deleteyes, I would agree when they went on the long was in the snow the people that fell back or dropped to the ground the guards would just shoot them.
Deletethe first image that i have captured is the run from the first camp to the new camp the prisoners had to run full speed over 20 kilometers if someone were to slow down they would be shot if someone were to fall they would be trampled to death the second image that the author had portrayed was when they had gotten to the camp there were people dying everywhere like Elie had a dead body fall on top of him the floor was covered in bodies of the weak and injured i feel the word choice helped make this image come to life majorly just made it so much more real
ReplyDeleteI agree that the runs were pretty brutal, Elie states that the longer they ran the smaller the group got. Elie tells us that bodies were everywhere, laid across the road forcing them to walk across them.
DeleteI also agree, I can't imagine stepping on a person that thousands of others also stepped on, all because you are forced to, if you didn't you joined them laying in the road. dead.
DeleteIt was crazy having to see them run, The image of stepping on thousands of dead bodies. Is a terrible thing to do, and they all were forced to or else they would die.
Deletein a thousand splendid suns one of the images are when mairams brothers are dragging the wheelbarrow full of stuff her and her mom need to live. how heavy it was and how they had to take turns to finally get it up to them. the author did it by telling you the exact steps they had to take to get it to them how tired they felt, also how Maram said she felt bad and asked why her dad doesn't bring it to them instead. what I envisioned was two 8ish year olds dragging a overfilling containers and the kids walk a bit then stop and hold it while the other trades spots. another image is when nana commits suicide and how she was found I seen an eerily quiet house maybe spider webs and moths flying when in reality it wasn't long at all. it felt lonely left behind sense nana always thought men would/will always leave and youll be left alone. it was so vivide because i feel like you could walk into a house and feel what it would be like
ReplyDeleteI really like the way you described the wheelbarrow scene. The detail about the boys taking turns made it easy to picture how heavy and exhausting it was, and it showed how unfair Mariam and Nana’s situation was. Your description of Nana’s death was especially powerful—the quiet, empty house really matched Nana’s belief that women are always left behind. That part helped me understand the loneliness of the moment even more.
DeleteA few images stood out to me because they were easy to picture and very powerful. One is the long walks through the jungle, where Ishmael and the boys are tired, hungry, and scared. I imagined thick trees and quiet paths, which feel tense because of the danger around them. Another strong image is the destroyed villages, with burned houses and empty streets. These scenes are vivid because the author uses simple details that feel real. Beah’s clear, direct word choice makes these moments easy to imagine and hard to forget.
ReplyDeleteI agree he makes everything very easy to remember and very detailed but still simple enough to get to the point of what he's trying to create.
Deletei agree because since there is so much action in the book its easy to imagine whats going on.
Deletei agree because he makes them so detailed and and every thing action filled its easy to imagen what's going on
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ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael describes one scene when a guy blows up from a bomb as his blood coming down like red rain. Also, towards the middle he starts getting chased by wild pigs and I feel like we can all imagine getting chased by an animal at some point weather we were playing with a dog or actually running from getting attacked by describing the forest as he goes help envision things even better.
ReplyDeletei agree with getting chased by animals and the attacks in the forest
DeleteThat is a core memory obviously not on the level of being chased by wild bores but that was a real life comparison I made when reading this novel as growing up being chased by my dogs
DeleteTheir was also a part in my book were one of the main characters almost gets blown up. This part is almost described the same way as well showing and describing the aftermath of the explosion where she lost her family.
Deletein my book A Long Way Gone the first image that i think of is in the very beginning of the book when they are running through the woods and the rebels are shooting at them. and the adults are using the babies and kids on their back to protect them from getting hit by bullets. what i envision is a huge woods with gunfire everywhere and people screaming and running in fear. the author made it seem like you were there watching it happen he did a very good job using his words. another image is when the main character Ishmael got shot in the foot 3 times and to get his revenge, he shot 6 rebel prisoners in the foot and watched them suffer for a day and then killed them. i envision 6 rebels tied up and Ishmael standing over them firing a gun at them and watching them suffer. the author did a good job describing this by going in detail on what Ishmael was thinking and that he is losing his mind a little bit from the war.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is very horrible things to be seeing and imagining but he is very detailed and describing the trategies.
DeleteI agree what the rebels did was unimaginable and couldn't find the words to say how cruel they were to Ishmael and his family.
Deletei agree with what Ishmael had went through and even the fact of the amount of detail he share in this novel was something I believe had taken him many years to overcome and share his story
Deletei also think the author does a very good job of describing what happens and giving good visuals
DeleteI really agree with the author doing an amazing job at describing the story and he does it in such a graphic way and in a very sad way that really cements in your mind and it just sounds absolute awful to hear about.
Deletei agree that what he had to go trough and he still was able to give all the details of what happened and that make to story very clear and easy to imagen what happened
Deletei agree because the way he describes everythingjust makes it seem likeyour wandering the jungle with him.
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns the author does a great job at using imagery when describing people. For me it was specifically with Rasheed. He was described as a big man with rough hands, always smoking, a belly that enters the room first and chest hair. The author uses strong descriptive words to really help you see the characters in your mind. The author also uses strong imagery when it comes to Kabul. The way the bombs destroyed the place, the sounds the bombs are making, the sight of people being blown up. He really uses his imagery to help the readers see what Kabul looks like and the sounds of the whistling bombs and the yelling. It's almost like you are there. These two images are so vivid in my mind because the author uses all of the 5 senses to describe them. This really allows the reader to imagine what is happening and nothing is left out, he paints the entire picture for the readers.
ReplyDeletei agree with you that the image off the kabul getting destroyed it vivid because the author uses a good description of what was going on in the story to show how it affected people and with detailed descriptions of sounds from the bombs and people
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ReplyDeleteIn a thousand splendid suns One strong image that stuck in my head was Kabul being destroyed by the war. I pictured smoke in the air, buildings falling apart, and streets covered in debris. The author makes this image clear by describing everyday places getting hit by rockets, which makes the war feel real and scary instead of far away. Another image I clearly saw was Laila trapped under the rubble after her house is hit. I imagined darkness, dust everywhere, and her being unable to move while in pain. This image stands out because the author focuses on what Laila feels physically, like pressure and confusion, so it’s easy to picture and feel how terrifying that moment was. A third image is Rasheed’s house, where Mariam and Laila live in fear. I imagined quiet rooms, tense silence, and Rasheed always watching or getting angry. The author uses small details like there converstations and mood to show how uncomfortable and unsafe the house feels. These images are vivid because they make you feel the so bad for those two.
ReplyDeleteYour first image is like my book how everything is destroyed and set on fire from the rebels.
DeleteI think that if I read that I would feel how the characters feel. I try to imagine what is being described and try to put myself in their position. It sounds like the author is really good at describing what is happening in your book.
DeleteI agree with how you could see and imagine Kabul during the war. The author mentions every little thing so that you are able to see what it looked like in your head. It does make you feel bad for the ones that had to live through it because just by reading about it, it sounds terrible.
DeleteI agree with you i could easily imagine what Kabul would look like and what would all happen during the war. I feel everything is easily and well described that if you were to read a short part of it you could describe it well.
DeleteI really liked your examples, especially the destruction of Kabul and Laila being trapped under the rubble. Those images felt very real because you focused on how it looked and felt, not just what happened. I also liked how you described Rasheed’s house as tense and uncomfortable, because that kind of fear sticks with you too.
DeleteI am reading a long way gone and one image that is stuck in my mind is the first time Ishmael saw what the war had caused he seen a guy driving a car into his village and when he stopped, he saw that three people were shot dead in the car. Another image is about when Ishmael went to see his family in a nearby village, but when he got down the hill, he saw that the village his family was at was set ablaze. And the final image I remember is when Ishmael fought in the first fight with the army against the rebels and blood was everywhere and people were lying there dead.
ReplyDeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone by ishmael beah and what I remember is three strong images Ishmael saw three people shot in a car his family’s village on fire and his first battle with the army, where people were dead and blood was everywhere These moments showed him how cruel and violent the war really was.
ReplyDeletei agree with this, i also think that it would be very hard to see all that in person, especially at such a young age like Ishmael and his friends do.
DeleteI remember this scene and was really hurtful to read especially looking in his perspective as a 12-year-old kid and having to see all this which will affect him for the rest of his life.
DeleteIn I Am Malala an image that stuck in my head is when she talks about the Taliban and the threat they cause in the valley. When her and her family had to leave so that the army to push the Taliban out they came back and they way that she described her home as they were coming back it put a strong image into my head that this group was a lot more dangerous. from whips, to shootings, to the words they said you can really just feel how rough the Talibans were and how much they wanted it to be there way.
ReplyDeleteI thought Malala did well describing the harshness of the Taliban as well. She showed how much they made things become their way, if they wanted something to happen, like no girls' schools, they made it happen.
DeleteI was also in disbelieve when Malala described her home as they were coming back, I just cant comprehend how people could do so much harm to someone's home and have no remorse. I think the words they used made me feel like I was in Malala's shoes and seeing everything first hand.
DeleteThis is something that was described well in my book too. In A Thousand Splendid Suns the Taliban was a big part too. The author did a great job at describing them and all the horrible things they did to the people and the towns. You could really feel and imagine all the things they did to be in control.
DeleteI am reading a long way gone and an image that is stuck in my mind is ishmael walking for days on end with his feet blistered and bleeding and nothing to eat or drink. this made me picture a scared and small boy walking along the dirt road in pain with bloody feet and blisters all over them. another image that stays in my head is the violence that the child soldiers commit. Ishmael, along with many other innocent children do a lot of unspeakable things and kill a lot of people. I couldn't imagine doing those things at such a young age
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about the same thing with his feet this scene just doesn't do as much justice to me and him killing civilians that are rebels to him.
DeleteI also couldn't imagine that at that age let alone in general and It would take a lot of time to heal all of that trauma
DeleteIn the book night Elie has similar challenges. He walked days on end to try to save himself. I imagined the same thing with Elie, I imagine he was devasted and exhausted.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, she vividly explains the background of her family. She gives detailed stories from her families past and their childhood. Malala goes into detail about her father's life before she was born, how much he wanted his father's approval. Malala painted a picture of before she was even alive, her father's journey with starting a school and his marriage with her mother, as well as the hardships of starting a family. Another image Malala describes is how she grew up. she describes her home where she grew up and her experience with her father still getting the school started. She describes how her love for education grew and how she tried to let others experience it as well by asking her father to give free spots in his school.
ReplyDeleteI thought she explained her background so well at the beginning that I didn't think she lived that horrible of a life which really made the Taliban invading Swat even harder to believe. I also thought she did a good job at describing her love for education at the beginning of the book to put an image in our heads on what she's going to be fighting for throughout the book.
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone and one image that has been stuck in my head is when Ishmeal was killing rebels at 12 years old in battle to get there town supplies to stay alive and he won while on drugs which is absolutely devastating to think about this scene made it very obvious that Ishmeal was in a tough time and needed to do something to stay alive. The second one is earlier in the book when Ishmeal gets separated from his friends and he is living by himself eating the fruit that he had no idea if it has poison or not in it this part made it seem very realistic and just stuck in my head thru ought the whole book so far.
ReplyDeleteI could not imagine that and at such a young age too, Malala was quite opposite from your character she had a happy family unit and very smart, goals, no drugs, very teachers pet.
DeleteI agree that its very hard to think about the fact that he had to go through all this at such a young age.
DeleteThe way Elie gets the reader's to use their imagination is that he derides a lot of how the people were treated in depth. 2 things that he talked about a lot about was the sheds that they sleep in and how the cold and snow came in to the sheds when the wind picked up. 1 more thing he described a very well was the 3 people that they tied ropes to there necks and kicked the chairs out and the one kid was to light to be killed by the rope. These images so vivid because its the way he described the moment and how far in dept he went in to these things that happen in the camps. Elie accomplish this task because he wanted the readers to know what happened and how the camps looked.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the hangings were pretty brutal because the author goes into extreme detail about each victims facial expressions, saying that they were dark and had not life left in their eyes.
DeleteI would agree that these two scenes had imagery or maybe they were just more memorable because they were both unbelievably cruel things that human beings had to go through.
DeleteI am reading Night and one image that the author painted good was when all the prisoners were leaving the concentration camp Elie describes the countless number of bodies laying in the road. He said that each step you took a body was accounted for, he tells us that the bodies are worn, weak, shriveled, and cold. Another image is the cattle car that was full of people. Elie says that the cattle cars were unbearably hot, leading to suffocation and dehydration. The image of hundreds of Jews crammed in a single rail car truly shows the extent the Germans were willing to go to erase a single culture.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that the body's of people laying every were was another great point in the book that is easy to descried and the train rides most of the people died on the trains and they just through out the people on the side of the tracks.
DeleteI agree with you on the imagery in the rail car. that was one of the scenes i could picture more clearly than some of the other ones.
DeleteYes! When Elie was talking about all the bodies laying in the road, he used very descriptive words and it made it easier for me to understand and picture what he was really seeing.
DeleteI also think the description he used when they were leaving the camp really put into perspective the amount of death and cruelty that really happened at that time.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, one of the images that stuck with me was when Malala's family was forced to leave the Swat Valley and live as internally displaced people in Shangla. I imagined endless rows of tents with little to no privacy in the hot, windy, and dusty camps. This is so vivid because Malala talks about the overwhelming amount of people that where living in these camps where its nothing but tents and a few of their belongings in the blazing heat where they had nothing to do, but worry about if they were going to go back and have a home or not. Another image that really stuck with me was Swat Valley before the Taliban to it over. Malala described Swat as a beautiful place surrounded by green mountains, clear rivers, and the streets where children walked freely to school. Malala also described how peaceful the valley was and how happy it made her. This really stuck with me because it blows my minds how destroyed the valley is now and how their whole life changed because of the Taliban. I think they feel so vivid because Malala describes it as if you are living in her life because she uses so much emotion and details
ReplyDeleteIn a thousand splendid suns Laila's parents aren't forced to leave but are trying to leave and i feel like that's similar to I am Malala.
DeleteI am reading the book night and i felt that Elie Wiesel had good word choice when they were first on their way to the camp. The way he explained how packed it was in the things they were being transported in made me feel a sense of claustrophobia and like I was there. also they way he explained the lady who was yelling about the fire and peoples responses to it made me understand how she must have felt so alone because nobody believed her.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the lady on the train probably felt so alone
Deletethis part of the book really stuck with the with the lady screaming on the train and the image of her in a corner just going crazy
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ReplyDeleteim reading the book a thousand splendid suns the 1st image that stuck with me was a small mud brick house that was apart from everything else with a lady looking out the window this image shows feelings of isolation in a remote location and feeling closed off from the outside world that mariam felt in the book. a 2nd image that stuck with me was a courtyard filled with smoke and chaos of the war and people in disbelief this image shows the importance of the quran and peoples reactions to it. these images are vivid in my mind because the author uses metaphors to describe what is happening.
ReplyDeletei agree about mariam being isolated from everything in her shack
DeleteI agree with you i believe that it is simple to imagine their house and the isolation the women was feeling. I feel as though the emotions are easier to visualize more than anything else. This is because their emotions are talked about so much throughout the chapters.
DeleteI also think that the author did a good job at describing how chaotic the war was. The author always used perfect descriptive words, so you are able to imagine exactly what's happening.
DeleteMy book is A Thousand Splendid Suns, and one point that the author uses imagery is when Hosseini describes Mariam’s childhood home, he uses words like small, mud brick shack, isolated from the rest of society. This helped paint a picture of a rundown house small and isolated away from other houses. I could picture the cracked walls and the small, dark, and dim interior of the house. Another point in the book is where Laila is almost blown up by a rocket, I imagined a flash of light followed by a blast that shattered the small quiet street. Dust and debris filled the air, pieces of broken brick and metal were scattered everywhere. Hosseini describes it this way to show more emotion to the scene. He uses the details to help the reader understand the part better by painting the picture for them.
ReplyDeletei agree with you that mariams childhood home is a image that stuck with me also and it really shows a good description on how she felt isolated from the rest of the world
DeleteI agree with you about when Laila was almost blown up by a rocket is a picture that is sticking with me it shows how bad everything was and how terrible the conditions really were.
DeleteI also agreed and said I could picture it well when Laila family's house was hit by the rocket the author described that well.
DeleteMy book is a Thousand Splendid Suns the author uses a lot of description about the story. One image I remember is Kabul after the war with broken down buildings dirt everywhere and things looking ruined. Another image is Mariam sitting alone in her small house in the mountains which made it clear how isolated she was. These images stand out because the author keeps explaining what things look like and what is happening around the characters.
ReplyDeleteI agree the war showed how bad it really was towards people who lived there with houses and buildings being blown up and people getting killed. It was well described and helped me understand the whole situation.
Deletei had a similar part in my book night about a lonely lady but she was isolated in a differant way not phisically because there was people all aorund her but mentally as she lost everyone and had nobody left in her life and she was alone
DeleteI had something pretty similar to that in my book kite runner the destroyed city's the ruin and destruction of the city's really painting the image in your mind of what life is like over there in Afghanistan.
Deletethe same thing happened in my book kite runner after the taliban invaded and took over the city has been in ruins and falling apart
DeleteI am reading Night and I think the author used very good descriptive words and it made me really picture what the camps looked like. The way the author explained how tightly packed they were into the train cars was crazy to me. It made me have a feeling of claustrophobia and made me feel like I was so glad to not be a person in there. Another time when I could really picture the scene was when the lady was yelling on the train about the fire. It made me feel alone for her because no one was believing her and all the other people thought that she was just crazy.
ReplyDeleteI agree that reading the number of people they pit into one train car was shocking and a little difficult to comprehend that many people in that small of a space.
DeleteI second your thought of thinking how insane it was for them to stuff so many people in one train car, treating them all like they were nobodies. I too, feel clausterphobic for her. nd when that lady was screaming thinking of a fire, i support the way she was feeling. She had a reason to feel that way, afterall, she was taken from everything she knew just like everyone else.
DeleteOne scene that really stuck out to me in Night was the scene on the last train ride where everyone was in survival mode and a son killed his own father for a bit of bread. Elie used descriptions like "dozens of violent men...dragging himself on all fours...struggling mob...his eyes lit up, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen face..." Another example was the executions by hanging in one of the camps. They had hung two men and one child, and for this part of the book, Elie used words like, "Then came the march past the victims. The two men were no longer alive. Their tongues were hanging out, swollen and bluish. But the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still breathing...And so he remained there for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death..." These descriptions really do an honorable job at pulling you into what Elie was going through. They create the anguish and suspense the book was meant to make you feel.
ReplyDeleteYour response really shows how powerful Wiesels imagery is. The train scene is disturbing because his descriptions reveal how survival tore apart human bonds. The hanging scene stays with the reader, and the slow painful details make you feel the same Elie felt.
DeleteElie also being able to use his personal experience from his real life and put it into words so that we could read them. i believe that this is why he was able to create anguish and suspense in the book.
DeleteAs I have been reading this book i notice myself putting pictures in my mind and most of them are not the things i like to be thinking about but Elie brings you in his shoes especially in the darkest of moments in the book. when Elie is speaking of the other inmates at the selection he knows that some have to be killed and wont make it and when he describes the inmates that will not make it i can see them in my mind when he speaks of there pale skin out in the cold the eyes sinking into there head and their ribs being the most promanate feature on their bodys. this picture really goes deep into my mind and i think to the movie Schendlers list but those were just actors so its crazy to imagine how much worse these people can look. Another part of the book is towards the the end where they made them march in the freezing weather and it says " The icy wind was violently blowing but we marched without faltering". Out there in the freezing temp the made them run and if you stopped or even slowed down you were to be shot immidietly and they ran for a long time and Elie speaks of the aches in his body and how men colapsing around him and i can invision running in the freezing temps pushing myself to the limits
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. The author of this book uses great imagery throughout the entire book, allowing you to picture how treterous it really was.
Deletehe does a great job describing what he saw and makes the story that much better.
DeleteMy book, I Am Malala wasn't from the time of WW2 it's more recent and just like Night, has very inhuman things like killings, bombings, child brides, not a genocide but still just an unbailable lack of humanity
Deleteyes, I agree he does a really job describing what he says and what happen I can picture it in my head and some of the things that happened it makes me sick thinking about it
DeleteI agree with you. Wiesel’s descriptions make it easy to picture what the prisoners went through, like the selection and the freezing march. It really shows how intense their suffering was and how strong they had to be to survive.
DeleteI read the book Night, and for me this was probably one of the most visual and graphic books i have ever read without seeing pictures. I was able to visualize details throughout the entire story, however, more times than others at some points. One image i made out very well in my head was when all of the jews had left the camp and ran 20 kilometers in the frigid night, one jew falling and not rising back up after each step they took. This made my heart ache for them, knowing how terrible it is simply walking to my car with the wind blowing in the freezing temperatures. School gets cancelled for us, those jews had no choice. Another image i replay in my head was when they were lined up for roll call, except it wasnt regular rollcall. Whoever didnt pass got sent to the crematorium. I couldnt imagine watching police officers inspecting all i had left (Elie's father), and deciding whether or not he was strong enough to live and see another day.
ReplyDeleteim also reading night and i agree theses moments are really hard to not only read and visualize but to just let sit.
Deletethis shows how vivid Night is especially the scene of the prisoners running in the freezing night. Comparing their suffering to everyday cold weather makes the image feel real and heartbreaking. The roll call scene is also powerful because it shows how easily life or death was decided. Wiesels word choice makes these moments unforgettable.
DeleteMy book is The Kite Runner and the two images that is really painted in my mind are when Amir and Hassan reunite for the first time in years, i could only imagine the emotions they would be feeling because of how close they were and how they were the best of friends but i could definitely also see how Hassan could even potentially have resentment for him because of how he literally stood there and watched Hassan get abused. Another image in my mind is them hiding in the gas tank to escape Pakistani and start a new life America, the darkness in that tank the fear coursing throughout your body hoping they didn't find out you are in there, the toxic fumes filling your lungs trying so hard to stay alive really painted an image in my head and made me realize that i am very lucky that i have never had to do that and the author did such an amazing job painting and capturing these scenes in our mind.
ReplyDeletei agree the way the author describes these 2 scenes is incredible and makes you feel how they felt ive never felt this way about any book ive read before
Deleteim reading the book night and when they describe the cruelty that the soliders do to the prisoners it makes you not want to imagine it when they hang a kid and hes just hanging there still breathing and the ss soilder makes everyone walk by and look at the three hanging men and a child. the way the author tells you how the men are dead and there eyes having nothing and are just hanging but when they walked past the child he was still moving and breathing and they could see him swaying back and fourth this stuck with me because elle the main character is around his age and he sees him hanging that would hit you really hard no matter how tough you are to see that these men can do this to a young child. it could strike fear into anyone.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the hanging kid was a very graphic thing to picture in your mind, I don't understand how Elie wasn't so broken after he was rescued from the daily things he seen.
DeleteI am reading the book Night, there is many many things that Elie very detailed described events and things that he saw within the camps and train cars. The one thing that really stuck to me is the kid hanging. The SS officers hanged a kid just to show how far they will go; the kid was not heavy and tall enough to make the noose tight enough to kill him on the spot, the kid was hanging he was still moving and breathing and they could see him swaying back and forth by a loose noose for minutes on end just choking him until he finally died. Elie did a very good job describing this and I believe it's because he was actually there to see that.
ReplyDeleteYeah i agree that one of the most memorable moments in the book is when the Nazis were showing why the prisoners shouldn't revolt against them, so in action they hung 3 people in front of everyone. The one that stood out is the little kid who didn't weigh enough to be hung by the rope leaving him to choke.
Deletei am not reading the book but just by reading your post i can imagine the scene. It is a little haunting.
DeleteI am reading the book A Thousand Splendid Suns and i think there are some parts that i can't visualize and some parts where i can. I could really visualize Miriam and her moms home in the beginning of the book with the way it was described to us and how long we were in that part of the story due to her not leaving until the end. Now to the point with Laila i can really visualize everything she describes from Tariq's leg and the way her mom acts. With her mom I could really tell that she was struggling with the loss of her sons and could visualize the ways she doped around. She never left her room and when she did i could just imagine what she would look like.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the author was very good at describing the house that Marium lived in as a child and the way Laila's mother reacted to the death of her two sons. You could tell she was very upset about it because of the descriptive words the author used.
DeleteI am reading I Am Malala, there are many parts of the book that have very descripted imagery like her surroundings, like her home and town. The most vivid detail I can think of the was when she got shot, Malala gave a great picture of the setting and the chicken that was being chop up and relating the shots to the chicken dying. I think Malala just wanted the reader to be in her shoes and she depicted that, most likely from going back and reliving everything, which can be really difficult but Malala was determined to educate people. And that's what her book is, it's to educate people about her story and her country.
ReplyDeletei agree, i also believe that when Malala was writing this book, she tried to make us understand what had really happened to her as much as she possibly could, while also educating people about their culture.
Deletei am reading a long way gone and their is a few parts i can visualize very clearly like when Ishmael talks about all the dead bodies lying in the street and all the blood pooling on the ground and all the flies and them smell of it to and i feel like i can visualize this because of how he described it and how it kind of seemed like i was right their beside him looking down the street
ReplyDeleteIn a long way gone, two images that I've made up in my mind are when Ishmael describes being in the rehabilitation center when he was so physically weak after denying treatment and the village he described while the rebels destroyed it and killed his parents. In the hospital he describes how physically weak his body and his mind are along with his surroundings and the people around him. When he described the village burning there were a lot of details about everything burning and the cruelty that they put the people through.
ReplyDeletei agree with you i feel like i was able to really get a feel of whaat the villages looked like when they were burning because he was able to describe it so well.
Deletein the book kite runner the images that i see most clearly is when hassan was standing in the allyway holding the kite. this image is so vivid and unexpected and was drescribed so well to paint a clear picture in my head, from hassan backed into a corner of a dimly lit ally way boxed in by 3 kids, one being asseff and to amir peering around the corner watching the whole thing. another image that i can see is when amir is flying the kite for sohrab at the end of the book. the image I think of as it was described is amir standing in a park with sohrab flying a kite while sohrab is slightly smiling. this image represents hope and healing.
ReplyDeletei agree, the way the author described it made a clear image in my head.
DeleteOne vivid image that stood out to me in A Thousand Splendid Suns is Mariam sitting alone outside Jalil’s house all night after he refuses to come out and see her. I pictured her curled up in the cold, dark street, feeling small and unwanted, while his large, well-lit house stood just out of reach. This image is powerful because Hosseini focuses on Mariam’s physical discomfort and emotional humiliation, making the moment feel very real. Another strong image is Mariam wearing the burqa for the first time. I imagined the heavy fabric covering her face and body, blocking her vision and symbolizing how trapped and invisible she feels. The author makes this image vivid by describing how the burqa limits her sight and movement, helping the reader understand her loss of freedom. These images stay with me because Hosseini uses detailed sensory language and emotional descriptions, allowing the reader to see and feel what the characters are experiencing rather than just being told about it.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book night the author did a really good job of hooking me to the book there were so many parts that i could talk about but one is where at the end of the book they were all the train carts with 80 and he said it felt like there were so many less because of how skinny they were and then when the guards had picks to prisoners and one child they were Gunna hang them the two men did not make it but the child his body was to light and the rope was too loose to where it could not break his neck and he was hanging there for 30 mins gasping for air and all the other prisoners were just walking by looking at that poor kid fighting for his life.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Night and in this book the author makes sure not too hold back on his imagery this is shown in when Elie first arrives at Auschwitz and see's babies being thrown into the fires of Auschwitz engraining the image of that into his brain. One other image that stuck out is at the end of the book where they were all forced onto doing a death march in the freezing snow with weak prisoners running through the cold where Wiesel describes it as cold, exhausting, painful and hopeless. Both of these events were memorized by me because Elie used sensory details and his personal experience to connect with the reader.
ReplyDeleteOne vivid image from Night is when Elie and the prisoners first arrive at Auschwitz and see the flames from the crematorium lighting up the night sky. I imagined the darkness broken by fire and smoke which made the scene feel terrifying and real. This image is so strong because Wiesel uses clear visual details and describes the prisoners fear helping the reader feel what he felt. Another powerful image is Elie watching his father grow weaker in the camp. The description of his father’s tired eyes and fading strength made me picture how the Holocaust destroyed families as well as lives. Wiesel’s simple honest word choice makes these images unforgettable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. The way Wiesel describes the flames at Auschwitz and his father’s weakening really makes the scenes easy to picture. His details and honest writing make you understand just how harsh and real the experiences were.
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, I think the author does a very good job at adding details that help you envision what's happening in the book. He was amazing at describing the war that was happening in Kabul, like how the buildings looked after they were hit with a bomb or the way it sounded when a bomb hit something. He said the bombs made a whistling noise before they hit the ground. When Laila's house was hit by a bomb, I was able to see her falling to the ground and laying there with the words that the author had used. I also think that he did very well describing the characters or the places in the book. You could always almost perfectly envision them with the descriptive words the author used.
ReplyDeleteIn Night, Elie Wiesel uses strong imagery to make certain scenes very clear. One image that stuck with me is the hanging of the young boy, where Wiesel describes how the boy’s body swings slowly and how the prisoners watch in shock. Another vivid image is when Elie first arrives at the camp and sees the crematoriums with fire and smoke rising, showing how people are being burned. Wiesel makes these images clear by using specific details and describing what he and the other prisoners see, which helps the reader picture the events.
ReplyDeleteIn The Kite Runner One strong image is the kite-flying scenes, where I picture bright kites in the sky and kids running on rooftops. Another image is Hassan running through the snowy streets to get the kite, with cold air and quiet alleys.
ReplyDeleteI read the book A Long Way Gone and one image i have stuck in my head is when at the start Ishmael and his cousins when the head back to his grandmas village and they witness the van filled with the injured people i really was able to feel there emotions in that situation how bad it was right then and there. Another image that is stuck in my head is when he was stuck in the tree with the wild boar's at the base attacking me i was really able to visualize the situation he was in, and he just described them charging and ramming into the tree so well it was easy to [picture it in my head.
ReplyDeletei read the book i am Malala. she had showed imagery throughout the book the by amount of detail she had used when describing her hometown, where she grew up, and as well when she had been shot. for example, she had gone into vivid detail about where she had grown up and how beautiful the land was, but then explains the negatives and the laws that the Taliban has made for their community. Which terrified all the people especially the women.
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