McCarthy

All authors display there own kind of diction. In the excerpt form McCarthy’s Child of God, the author creates diction which is both clever and unique. The author shows how some of the characters are clever, “Reached and grabbed the riffle out of the old boy’s hand fore he could shoot and the old pigeon just went blam anyways’’. Another showing that the people of the book are unique is when McCarthy describes the fair when the people fight the ape: “They’d give ye $50”.

Secret Life of Bees

Question:
- The relationship between Lily and her father is not that strong. However Rosaleen is like a mother to her. How do you think T.Rays and Lilies relationship effect Rosaleen and Lilies relationship? Do you think that Rosaleen is an important character? If yes, then how so?

Sue Monkk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monkk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd’s novel concerns a young girl searching for stability in a complex environment. At the beginning of the novel Kidd uses imagery to better the reader’s visualization of the story and the characters in it. One example of the authors imagery to help you see the characters is“’Bees swarm before death’ said Rosaleen.” This gives you a little incite too what kind of person Rosaleen is. Kidd also uses her words too show you how relationships are between people. For example: “’My daddy—who I called T. Ray’ said the daughter.” This shows that the father daughter relationship may not be so strong. The detail that the narrator uses shows that even the smallest thing, like the bees, is a big part of the story,”‘ Flew in circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzzzz that hummed along my skin’ said Lily the daughter.” This shows that the bees mean something to Lily.