ENG (02/27/08) Post A

ENG (02/27/08) Post A
The Book of Lost Things...
...by John Connolly

Posting A

2 vacabulary words:

squadrons (p.45):
-noun.
A naval unit consisting of two or more divisions of a fleet.
An armored cavalry unit subordinate to a regiment and consisting of two or more troops.
A cavalry or armored unit of a European army, corresponding to a company.
A basic tactical air force unit, subordinate to a group and consisting of two or more flights.
A multitude or horde: "Squadrons of flies like particles of dust danced up and down" (T.E. Lawrence).

bicker (p.47):
–verb (used without object)
1.to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
2.to run rapidly; move quickly; rush; hurry: a stream bickering down the valley.
3.to flicker; glitter: The sun bickered through the trees. –noun
4.an angry, petty dispute or quarrel; contention.

3 examples of figurative langues

Simle: It looked like an empty swimming pool, with a set of four stone steps leadin gdown to a rectangel of gren, bordered by a flagstoned pathway. (p.36)

Irony: My grandfather tried to take his books away, his nightmares were so bad, but Jonathan ahted being without them, so my grandfather would always relent in the end and return them to him. (p.41)

Personification: And there, in the darkness, he had played with them, in his way. (p.45)

Quotation

"That night, David lay in his bed and watched the moonlight streamin gthrough the window. THe skies were clear, and teh moon was very bright. After a time, his eyes closed, and he dreamed of wolves and little girls and an old king in a ruined castle, fast asleep on his throne." (p.46)

Explanation

Still reminding that David's child-mind hasn't left him yet, telling that he is yet a person with a grand imagination with his hope and dreams still alive in his heart. This description, which I thought is so pretty, is singing and chanting the childhood.

Theme

Imagination. When does it come to you? If you closely think, it is when you are desperate, sad, and hopeless. Weird, but true. All of us tend to think and dream of something, whether it is a wish to explore our future or another world, to get a feeling of escape and freedom. It is true for David, too, who seeks liberation from book to imagine himself to be in a kingdom or a country where there would be no worries and sadness.