Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Argentina

p.34 "The full moon is silhouetted against the sea, smothering the waves with silver reflections. Sitting on a dune, we watched the continuous ebb and flow, each with our own thoughts.... even Comeback gazes, his odd little nose aloft, at the silver ribbons unrolling before him several times a minute." 
- In this excerpts shows imagery, diction, and a calm tone. The word choice that he used to describe the scene of the waves really allowed me to picture it in my head and the sounds. When I read this there was a calm tone to it because the image of waves makes it calm and he says that the sea was his friend who gives advice. I think that it shows how Ernesto is quiet and keeps a lot to himself. 

p.35  "Along the coast road Comeback maintains his aviator's impulses. emerging unscathed from yet another head-on collision....In the middle of the uproar caused by Comeback's admirers I enter, here in Miramar, a..."
- This shows how a caring person Ernesto was because he was concerned how Comeback wasn't eating so when they stopped at the butcher shop he bought milk even though they didn't have much money. It shows how much he loved the dog. 

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