The Pact
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Post 9
Jodi Picoult's settings throughout the novel serve for a place of conflict. They are very important and they further the book along. Chris and Emilys families were best friends until the death of Emily. Then the families split. Chris's mom stuck by Chris's side while Emilys mom went insane and into denial that maybe her daughter could of been depressed and instead of even trying to think about accepting that she blamed Chris for everything. Chris and Emilys moms used to be best friends and now they were against each other. Emilys dad on the other hand continually flip flops. He doesn't believe Chris would of even done anything like that to Emily but he also doesn't want to accept the fact that his daughter may of been depressed.
Chris is the center of conflict in this entire novel. His decisions and actions made the novel what it is. By Chris opting not to tell any adult the conflict of Emilys death occurs. There are many lessons and morals that can be learned from this novel. Life lessons are taught at Emily and Chris expense an they showed up what it means to love. The theme of undying love is constantly carried throughtout this book.
Chris is the center of conflict in this entire novel. His decisions and actions made the novel what it is. By Chris opting not to tell any adult the conflict of Emilys death occurs. There are many lessons and morals that can be learned from this novel. Life lessons are taught at Emily and Chris expense an they showed up what it means to love. The theme of undying love is constantly carried throughtout this book.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Post 8- Rhetoric
Jodi Picoult uses several writing strategies to really intensify her novel. She uses a technique of switching between points of views and past and present. This is a hard writing style to follow but it allows the reader to get every single point of view from different angles. This gives the reader a more diverse view into different points of view from the book at basically the same time.
She also tells the story with a ton of foreshadowing. Some of it is blunt and obvious but the majority of her foreshadowing is hidden and you don't realize how symbolic it was until way later into the novel. She uses a variety of basic rhetorical devices to make her novel a better and more successful novel. Her rhetorical devices help the intensity and keep her readers hooked.
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