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.
One example of imagery if when Mariam finds her mom hanging from a branch. The author makes it very descriptive and truly makes you feel terrible as you read those lines. Another example is when Mariams dad chases the bus as Mariam leaves to go to Rasheed's house. You can feel the sadness and despair with how the author described his face as he chased after the bus. I felt tears brimming to my eyes as I read those lines.
ReplyDeleteCan you describe why i should feel terrible with more details. Is the character leaving her father behind for a reason?
DeleteI agree. You might want to go into more detail about this scene and explain whether or not the character is leaving her father behind for a reason.
DeleteThat sounds like that book is kinda dark, but also a good read
DeleteI also agree, when Mariam leaves to go to Rasheeds house, I could feel the sadness just based off of the details included in that paragraph.
Deletethat sounds very intense. it sounds like a good book to read.
DeleteIt is easy to imagine things in the Night. Like when Eliezer had to get his gold crown pulled. I could imagine them just taking some sort of tool and yanking his tooth out. Also just being him and watching his dad get hit right in front of him would be something different and shocking to see. Also when he gets separated from his dad how worried he must be.
ReplyDeleteI agree that night had many things happen to them that the people could never forget in vivid detail of what happened to them. I feel that i loose apart of myself when i have to describe such a tragedy.
DeleteI completely agree here it makes me so sad to think about all the people who passed inoccently.
DeleteI definitely agree. The tooth getting pulled out is hard enough not to think about because it's so horrible to imagine, but it's even worse to see the father of a child get beaten up right in front of his own son and to have his son witness it.
DeleteI would agree with you 100% Ellies is a very describe and uses a lot of imagery to describe everything every part of the book he makes you feel like you right the in his shoes with him and u can imagine all 5 senses.
Deletei also agree, reading this book makes me sad because everything he went through
Deletei would agree that this book has a lot of parts that make you sick to your stomach.
DeleteI think that those are some really great spots for imagery
DeleteYes In my book Kite runner, the author talks about how his town of Kabul has many amazing smells from its markets and the taste of naan in the air. The author explained it so well that my mouth watered. Later the author came back to his childhood home and described it in vivid detail. In his childhhood he would climb up a hill to sit under a tree with ease, but now he can barely make it with ragged breath. This shows that amir is not the child that he used to be.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Logan, the author does use amazing imagery in the book. It really makes me want to keep on reading. I hope the imagery in the book continues til the end.
DeleteYour mouth watered sounds like your really getting into the book. Sounds like that makes sense. Some good imagery.
DeleteOh wow Logan, that must it much easier to picture whats happening.
DeleteYes, I have to agree, this book does an amazing job at really explaining every event that happens. I hope the author keeps explaining everything in such detail because it really what sets this book apart from other books.
DeleteI agree Logan! The book does a lot of imagery that get your imagry poppin.
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner. One image captured in my mind through the author's word choice is when Hassan was being raped by Agha. Khaled Hosseini, the author, goes into incredible depth in his description of this event. Every detail was in such great detail, which made me feel like I was in the book watching this happen. Another image captured in my mind was when Amir fought Agha to save Sohrab. The way the author wrote made me feel like I was in the fit, getting hit by those brass knuckles. It made me feel like I was the one getting my ribs and face broke. Through out the whole book, the author uses incredible imagery that really makes me want to keep on reading.
ReplyDeleteYa this part of the book the author does a really good job at going really into depth and explaining every little detain that you really do feel like you are there and are watching it happen.
Deleteyour book sound like it really displays everything that happens very clearly and it can make it easier to read and easier to draw you in
Deletei agree that the author does an amazing job in all the descriptions but at times seemed like it was overkill for the situation and seemed to drag on and on.....
DeleteThe strongest image I saw in this book was the scene where Rasheed locked Lilia and her baby in the room and when he locked Maruim in the tool shed. I can picture his rage after the women run away. The author does a great job by using sound when he describes the way Rasheed beats the women he talks about the sounds Rasheed's fits made when they hit flesh or the way the belt sounded when he swung it. I can picture it and when I read those scenes its like I am in the room with them. Its very vivid. Another vivid scene is when Lilia explains how the town looks after the Taliban comes she says that they are dead bodies all around them swinging from the trees I can see that very clearly I can just imagine how that would smell all the death around them. Lilia also talks about how she sees all of the men belonging to the Mujahideend and then the Taliban watching the people in the town. Overall I would label this books imagery as very graphic.
ReplyDeleteI agree the author does a very great job with all the scenes to make sure his readers can imagine what they are reading. Happy reading!
DeleteI totally understand where you're coming from those scenes are absolutely horrible and i truly can't reread any of those parts because of how awful they are, and they are so sad on how he describes them.
DeleteOne of the many images that were described to me was that of pain. The civil war is taking a toll on everyone and the vivid explanations of the horrifying aftermaths of the rebels are too much to ignore. The descriptions of gunshot wounds and dying people make you wonder how could this even be happening. Another image that gets described to me is the state of nature around them. I vision it as a beautiful landscape ravaged by hellfire the world over. Lush forests turned to charred wastelands. Vast plains of wildlife, now vacant and quiet. The final image I see portrayed to me is the mentality of the rebels and how they act. Rugged clothes, evil smirks, loud cackles and gunfire is all I picture when I think about the rebels in this book. They are shown as ruthless and cruel. In my opinion, the author did a good job using sensory details to display a dangerous world to the readers.
ReplyDeletebeing a war book you could see it being very vivid and violent but it takes a lot hove hard turns and a lot of blood spots from what i have read and herd.
DeleteI personally love how the land around Ishmael is described. Also I agree with you Connor, it did go from being described as lively to being a total wasteland.
DeleteI am reading Malala and the first thing for an example of imagery that comes to my mind is all the destruction that the Taliban have done to the hometown to Malala and i can just see all the schools that are blown down and into ruble and everything is a mess. I cant imagine coming back and seeing that your whole town is demolished and there is nothing left but lucky Malala's house was untouched so they were very greatful.
ReplyDeleteNice Pebble. Sounds like a sunami hit the town. I couldnt imagine that either that would be nuts.
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DeleteElie Wiesel in the Night uses imagery several times but the one that sticks in my mind is the burning flesh from the crematory of all the babies, children, women and elders. The way Ellie describes it of the burning skin and body hair filling the air threw the whole camp. He refrancess this descriptions several times threw the book. Another time he uses imagery is when he they are all packed on the train cars heading to the concentration camp they were all packed in in the cars like sardines and could hardly move or sit down. You could feel like you you were packed in there with him.
ReplyDeleteI could smell the burning flesh and dead bodies from when he was in the cattle car.
DeleteHe makes it seem like you are almost there in that moment going through it with him. You can feel how the conditions and what the environment was like. You can see the different things that go on.
Deletei think that the camps are still there and it smells dead people in there
DeleteI agree that he makes you feel right there with him through all of it.
DeleteWhen he described the train ride, I agree that it felt like the reader was on there with them. The burning flesh is also something that sticks with me. He really makes it feel like you're experiencing those same things.
DeleteI think Elie described the train rides to each exact moment and he did a god job bring each train ride to life.
DeleteThe way he describes the events in this book are amazing
Deletethe imagery in this book that i will not forget is all of the bodies that they leave around in the street and anywhere that they die. if they did move the bodies they said that they would throw them on piles in the middle of the street to try and make people feel threaten and to keep them in the house.
ReplyDeleteanother imagery is all of the waterfalls that they see when they were on a trip and it gives them hope because it it such a beautiful sight that makes them all believe there is still good in the world
That's cool that the author uses imagery to change the mood.
Deletethat sounds like its really easy to picture, what book did you read and i hope you enjoyed it.
DeleteIn the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns in almost every since scene in this book it is wrote in grave detail. One of the images that will stick with me is the destruction of the town after the Taliban take over. The image of dead bodies laying everywhere, the smell of burning and rotting flesh, and the members of the Taliban hanging around smoking cigarettes. Another image that sticks out is when Laila is giving birth to her second child. She is sent to a dirty, nasty hospital, that reeks and is packed full of women and children begging for help. When She finally gets into see the doctor there is blood and dirty instruments everywhere, and they had to remove the baby without any drugs to numb the pain. These images are so graphic, because the author tries to use all of the senses he can to completely emerge us into the story line.
ReplyDeleteI agree the imagery that the author uses when he talks about the Taliban taking over is very graphic. Also, the hospital situation was a little to much there should be a way they could be in the same hospital that has all the supplies needed for the c-section.
Deletethat is very vivid part and totally agree with you in your response. i do not know if i will ever forget it ether.
DeleteThese images sound awful. If I had read the book, I think those images definitely would have stuck with me. The smell of rotting flesh sticks out in my book as well, and it is not pleasant.
DeleteI didn't even think of that scene when I did my blog on Friday but the scene from the hospital while she gives birth. They describe the smell and how sick everyone and then the operating gloves that they used on everyone just washing them in between people.It made me sick reading it. I was like that is how infection happens.
DeleteThat is one of the really vivid scenes, I don't think I'll be able to forget it. It makes me feel uneasy and sick, like what if that was what hospitals around here were like? It makes me glad that we live in a more sanitary environment.
DeleteOne example of imagery in A Long Way Gone is when Ishmael first goes into battle against the rebels. He sees both of his friends get killed in battle and it seems to traumatize him since he couldn't eat anything when he gets back to camp. The author makes it clear that Ishmael is going through a very serious and dangerous situation. Another example is when Ishmael's head starts to hurt and he starts to have nightmares about his time in the war. The author makes it clear that Ishmael is starting to get early signs of post- traumatic stress disorder because of what he went through during the war.
ReplyDeletei agree that battle was a bloody first battle.
DeleteI agree Matthew he described the battle very well and i also think he has ptsd
Deletesounds like the author went into depth on the imagery during the battle.
DeleteI also agree that the book leaves clear imagery about the war and what hes seen and went through.
DeleteYeah that battle for sure changed him for the worse.
Deletei am not reading this book but i am sure this part was very detailed and easy to image seeing right in front of you
DeleteThat is very true Matthew. You have a very good point about him having developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In my opinion it makes sense because of all the death and violence he has seen.
DeleteIn the book Night by Elie I will have so many memories that aren't mine just by this book. It haunts me how so many people had to suffer before we stepped in. Elie was so graphic about it that I can smell all the dead bodies. I can feel all the saddness, anxiety, depression, fear, and weakness. I can see how that poor little boy that was to light to die when he was hung in the ghettos.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed that everyone around Elie was dying right before him and he thought he was the next if he didn't stay strong and keep pushing toward the end. The Germans were tearing them down so they would be picked for selection if they were weak and Elie knew that.
Deleteit's not a good places to go and smell the dead bodies
DeleteI agree that it is really graphic and being there would be terrible.
DeleteThat would be sad to see a little boy hung. That would make people see the world differently.
DeleteI agree Amanda, this book was very in depth about what was happening and it really helped us get a look inside the Jewish peoples shoes.
DeleteIn a long way gone Ishmal uses some very vivid imagery. The way he describes the war he was in makes me feel like i was there as him. I can jut imagine me shooting the rebels with my friend right next to me dead from all the bullets that pierced his body. ITS THAT GOOD. The other at he is good at describing is him describing his feelings. I can totally understand how he feels because he does such a good job describing it. I can feel the heartache that he feels when he looses the chance to meet up with his parents it just sucks.
ReplyDeletei agree completely with you this book has good imagery
DeleteI also agree that he makes it feel like you are there with him, and that he also is very good at describing what he is feeling and thinking.
Deletein the book running loose there are images painted left and right throughout the book. the first image painted was when the rebels were fighting then in the swamp. the kid next to ishmael was shooting then an rpg came and blew his spin up and he died within a few minute after with blood everywhere. then there was the kid three down from ishmael that was dead leaning against a tree with blood spewing everywhere. the next picture was when the came across the village that there parents were possibly at and they made it there and found the vilage in flames and everyone that was there was put on the ground and shot in the back of the head and then burned.
ReplyDeleteThis book has good imagery but i dont think these instances were described as well as others. Maybe next year Tim
Deletesounds like a good book I hope to someday read it good job
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns in every part of the book there is at least one if not more types of imagery.The author goes into detail with every scene in this book. He paints a picture in your mind with all 5 senses so that you can imagine it. In part one of the book Mariam finds her mom hanging from a tree when she gets back from seeing Jalil. The author tells us it was around her house. Another scene that I pictured in my head was after the Taliban took over. The author said every step you take you could step on a dead body and smell the bodies burning with all the buildings throughout the town. Also, when the whole town went to the middle and they were explaining all the new laws they put in place.There were 2 men hanging to show everyone in the town saw an example of what could happen to them if they obeyed one of the new laws. Women had so many new laws they could not step foot out of their house without the men by their side otherwise they would be beaten. These images that the author paints are very vivid and it makes the scenes easier to picture in the book.
ReplyDeleteThis book was very descriptive and can be a lot to take in. These are good examples of imagery from the book.
Deletesounds like your book does an amazing job at giving you all the senses and really portrays all of the imagery really good to help you understand what is going on in the book
DeleteOne of the images that Elie displays in Night is when they degrade the prisoners to make them weak so they could be selected for the ovens. Elie portrays the image so vividly that you could almost smell the burning flesh and corpses as they were piled on top of one another. Another image was when they hung 3 people the two old people and a young kid, he was too light and was struggling between life and death for 30 minutes. Elie and many other prisoners had to watch them and walk right past him when they left. Another image is when they shot anyone who stopped running or became weak while running to the another camp in the middle of Germany. He explained that he could hear a gunshot while running and each gunshot would mean someone died right next to him because they gave up and were trampled by other prisoners as well.
ReplyDeleteThe imagery of the kid being hung was very vivided and it felt like you were right there and you just wanted to puke since he didn't weigh enough to snap his neck and they just let him hang there for 30 minutes. I also agree with the gunshots every time you feel like you are right there and hear them.
DeleteIt would be very hard to have to watch someone dying for 30 minutes
DeleteSounds like its very hard to read it would be very difficult to watch those who you see die right in front of you.
DeleteIt made me sad when the little boy was hanging there for almost thirty minutes and no one put him out of his misery. From the moment they kicked the chair, to when his tongue swelled up to the size of a balloon.
DeleteI am reading the night and the author Elie Wiesel is talking about what happens to his life back when the Hitler and Nazi controls Germany. also when the Jews each day die also the author tells that he lies is age and his dad to that they are farms too. the main idea is when is his dad and him are going to be together in the book are they going to survive or his dad is going to die of hungry or by a Nazi
ReplyDeleteThere is several moments in Night that are display very graphic details through the word choice in the book. One particular moment in this book is when Elie's father fell very ill due to the lack of resources and the heavy work put on the Jews. In the book, his father gets beat with a club
ReplyDeletevery violently. When the solider finally left, Elie went to go check his father and what he saw was imprinted on his brain until he passed. He found his dad's bloody, broken face with his lips trembling trying to talk. I envisioned the dad's face distorted from the blows from the club. Out of the whole book, this is the scene that left an imprint on my brain. The second scene that left an imprint on me is when Elie met a boy while they were continuously marching. The boy became overcome with a stomach cramp and he just fell down. The part that made my stomach lurch was when Elie described that he didn't get shot by the SS, he was trampled under thousands of men behind them. I pictured an innocent young boy being stampeded continuously until he eventually met his fate. Elie described each scene so vividly because he was there, living each horrible moment.
The imagery really pulls you into the book, putting you into the shoes of the character. It also really helps you see and feel how the character feels. I could never imagine what the character goes through.
DeleteThe part of the boy collapsing and being trampled made my stomach lurch as well. Elie Wiesel was able to use his impacting imagery in the book to make the reader feel lots of physical emotion.
DeleteOne of the first examples of imagery in the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, was when Mariam's mother killed herself. The author described the wind and emotion. I could imagine Mariam standing completely still, unable to move, completely distraught. Another example of imagery would be when Laila delivered her second baby. At first they were turned down by a hospital because women and children weren't accepted there anymore. Then they went to a run down hospital for women and children. The hospital had nothing, no medication, no space, no anesthesia, nothing. There was a large crowd filled with women and children crying in pain. When Laila was finally taken in, they were taken to a delivery room with eight beds and no curtains to separate them. There were two shelves meant for the live and dead babies. Above the sink was a single pair of stained surgical gloves that the doctors and nurses had to share. Laila had to go through a C-section naturally, without any pain relief. Reading it you could imagine her pain, her insides feeling like they were burning inside. The author went into detail about the delivery, the sweat on her face, Laila holding back her screams while squeezing Mariam with all her strength, crushing Mariam's fingers.
ReplyDeleteThose scenes are very descriptive and sound terrifying. I can't imagine going through all that pain with no medicine to help. I would also never want to step foot into that hospital.
DeleteThose scenes made me feel almost sick to think of all that pain and grief that Marium dealt with as well as Laila.
DeleteI am reading the book A Thousand Splendid Suns and one example of imagery is when Rasheed comes back into the house and forces Mariam to chew pebbles. This was very vivid because at the end, in the book it says she spits out blood and molars, it brings back memories of a little child pulling out baby teeth. That memory enforces the image in the book. Another example of imagery in the book would be when Lailas friend Giti and two classmates get blown up from a rocket. It talks about how her mother ran up and down the street picking up pieces of her flesh. It does not help that I have seen the Walking Dead, so the word flesh has a instant picture to it. The imagery is not too graphic, but just enough to picture it.
ReplyDeleteWhen Rasheed forced her to eat those pebbles and the author describes the crunching and breaking of her teeth it made me shudder in my seat like my jaw ached. Then she spit the blood and broken teeth and I just wanted to gag. Through out the whole book the author does a good job of making Rasheed into the monster he is.
DeleteThe imagery used in the book night is equally graphic, because of the wiping, beatings, and reading about the hangings that Elie witnessed in the camps. it sounds like the person called Rasheed is a truly horrific individual that try's to make the author's life hell.
DeleteThe way Mariam is treated sounds terrible. Just from seeing this small example of imagery, I can only imagine the imagery in the rest of the book.
DeleteIn the book Night, Elie uses imagery several times throughout the book. One part of the book that keeps coming to mind is when Elie said he could smell and see the crematory burning the flesh of all the children and women just getting thrown in. Another time Elie uses imagery was the time the doctor had to pull out Elie's gold crown. I pictured that they just went in his mouth with some dirt tool and just yanked it right out. He was probably in pain when that happened.
ReplyDeletehe did not hold back on the graphicness of the camp.
Deletei am also reading night and those are some of the worst parts of the book
DeleteIn Kite Runner the author will use 1-2 pages to describe what the reader is supposed to see. In the dramatic scenes you know exactly where everyone is and what they are feeling during the event. during the kite flying contest the detail goes down to where his hands are placed on the kite.
ReplyDeletei agree at times it seems almost like overkill the way the author describes every situation in such detail that nothing is left out or forgotten.
Deletei'm reading a thousand splendid suns one of the main characters is mariam and she was forced to chew on pebbles when her husband came home. because he claimed the rice she made for him was under cooked. so when he forced her to chew on pebbles i felt my molars hurt. i couldn't believe having my molars brooking from pebbles. i felt like the author wanted to show use how mariam will do anything for her husband even hurt her self. she ended up to spit out pebbles blood and molars. it was way too vivid for the weak of heart or stomach to watch.
ReplyDeletein the book night elie does not hold back on telling us what the consentation camp is like. he tells us how it is with every single detail he saw. all the noises with dogs barking to gun shots and sirens. he also describes the brutalness that the ss soldiers do to the prisoners. elie got wiped 25 times and he also got hit gold crown pulled out by a rusty spoon. when elie entered the camp he saw the ss soilders throwing babys into a fire. elie went through a lot and did not leave anything out.
ReplyDeleteBoi earrrrssss the book sounds very graphic, seems like they dont leave anything out of the camps.
DeleteThe coneration camp sounds like it would be an awful place to be at.
DeleteIn the book Night, Elie describes the whole experience of the holocaust in great detail. One part that sticks out to me is when he's at Auschwitz. He doesn't leave out anything. He says what he feels, hears, sees, and what he smells. He feels scared when he gets there and he went in to detail about when he gets speranted from his mom and sister, how he didn't know that would be the last time he would ever see them again.
ReplyDeleteI didnt read night but i agree that the holocaust was terrible.
DeleteI am not reading the book Night, but I could not imagine how much detail this author went into. I bet reading this book, it was like being in the scene you were reading about. This book sounds pretty good just by reading what people blog about it and I am thinking about reading it for my third book.
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner the first example of imagery that pops into my head is when Hassen, the servants son, gets raped. This image really sticks in my head because it is one of the first big events in the book and it is such a strong topic in society today. When the author gets to this part of the book he also has and interesting way to writing this part, he goes back and forth between the rape and another time in their life. Another example would be when they are traveling in the gas truck. The author emphasize the strong smell of gas as they travel to safety in the back of the gas truck. The whole time i read this part of the book all I could smell was gas. I think when the author gets to interesting parts of our book he does an amazing job at making sure the reader understands the situation.
ReplyDeleteIn a long way gone i think the part with the biggest image was ishmaels first battle against the rebels. He witnessed his friends die and described how they looked and it was horrible. He then said he started shooting just to shoot and it changed him. And all of the drugs. It was just a really graphic moment.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that part was terrible. At first he could not do anything next he was shooting.
DeleteIn the book A Long Way Gone i think when he started talking about the very first war with the rebels and how he talked about watching his friends die made it very visible to understand what he was seeing along with feeling. Another part that was very clear to see and understand was when they were in the jungle and trying to survive, the way he talked about what he was going through just to make it to the next village made it feel like you were walking through the jungle with him. and lastly an image that was very clear while reading was when he started training to be on the front line of the war and fight against the rebels. he talked about what he all had to do, what he did to clean his gun, and what the other older soldiers were doing. it made you feel and if you were one of the women sitting outside of there house watching the young boys train for war.
ReplyDeleteone image in my head that stuck from long way gone, the kids were on the hill taking a break. They were looking down the large green hill at the village they were going to. The village is by a river and is being attacked. i see a couple of explosions and can hear distant gunfire. i can also hear the the screams off people that are being attacked. I can also see me shooting the rebels and taking out as many as possible.
ReplyDeletei am also reading this book. i love how even in the calm parts, he still paints a great image of what is going on around them
DeleteIn Night, there are many graphic images. One that really struck out to me is when Elie's foot was injured, so he went to the doctor. He had to get surgery and when he asked the doctor what was wrong, the doctor told him there was pus in his foot and that is why he couldn't walk on it. I immediately felt my foot felt weird and disgusting. Another image that struck me was when Elie described the child hanging from the gallows. The way he described him saddened me. The child was too light to die right away, so they left him hanging there, gasping for breath. His face purple with the loss of air. It was something that I imagined in my head and that has stuck out to me.
ReplyDeleteI also have a very strong memory of the young child being hung from the gallows. I think that was one of the hardest things for me to read through out the book. I think Elie did a great job describing what had happened and what the child looked like while hanging there.
DeleteI had figured that Night would have a lot of vivid, gruesome images and that is why I did not choose to read it. Sounds like it would have a lot of effects on the reader.
DeleteI understand the graphic details our authors go into. My author also describes people hanging from the gallows on specifically the main character's mother, but I truly hate how he describes the horrors that the child face.
Deletesomething that stuck in my mind when reading Night was when he was being whipped 👊😜. i could imagine this because I've seen movies that have scenes like that. i also could really picture the thought of the babies being thrown into the fire. it was really sad to read this, because this is all based on a true story.
ReplyDeleteI also have very a vivid picture of Elie being whipped just because of the detail he used to describe his experience. I couldn't imagine being in his position.
Deletethat would be pretty gross to see personally but its good that the author paints a vivid picture in the book
DeleteI won't forget that part of the book it was horrifically graphic and tuff to read.
DeleteI am reading the book Night and the author uses very good imagery. One scene i could really see in my head was when they rolled up into the camp on the train. This image was so vivid to me because of the detail the author gave about the smoke chimneys and the quality of the air in the camp. I could almost taste the disgusting smell of burning flesh as the author described it. The author managed to accomplish this task because of the detail he used while describing what is was like getting off the train. I also could easily image the scene where they are all packed up in the train on their way out of the camp. Elie said how they were so closely packed on top of each other and how people were laying on top of each other. Elie was struggling even to breathe and his description made me feel hard to breath because of how he described himself buried under all these people who he didnt even know were alive or not. I could imagine the small hole he was breathing through as he took '"drinks of fresh air"
ReplyDeleteI agree the bodies being crammed into the cattlecars was very vivid for me, also. They were able to cram more in when they were skinnier--100 to a car vs. 80 to a car. Also, how there were people dying left and right and Elie waking up next to lifeless eyes is something I know I will never forget.
Deletein the book night the images that are painted in your mind are gruesome and last with you for a few minutes. if you read the book night on Pg. 64-65 it tells you about a thirteen year old child that is hung in the middle of the camp. He was to light for the noose and was struggling breathing when Elie passed him in line. on Pg. 58 Elie is wiped twenty five times and he tells the reader that only the first really heart, but what got to him was the Kapo counting the numbers. he tells you about his calm voice between each lashing reached him through a thick wall.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the child hanging, waiting to die, was absolutely horrific and something so vivid I don't think I will ever be able to forget it. I can absolutely see how Elie lost his faith and became so bitter towards God. Who could blame him?
DeleteIn the book Night there are several images that come to my mind as being very vivid. In the cattlecar on the way to Buchenwald, a young boy beats his father to death for his father's portion of bread. The brutality described along with the father's pleas to his son was unforgettable and horrifying. I can imagine Elie as he sees this happening, and I feel as if I am there with him at that moment. The brutal way in which Elie's father was treated by the SS officers as he called out to Elie to come to him was also horrifying. I can understand how Elie must have felt--wanting his father to be silent, so that he would not be beaten. The imagery of this poor, sick man begging for his son and being beaten for not remaining quiet was heartbreaking. I could only imagine what that must have been like for Elie--being so close, yet not being able to help his father.
ReplyDeleteYour book sounds very horrifying and graphic. I think reading those scenes would be stuck in my head and haunt me.
DeleteThat's terrible. I can't imagine going through that. But I hope you enjoyed reading your book even with all of these awful scenes.
Deletei think night has some of the most graphic imagery among the books.
DeleteThat is very graphic and would be hard for me to read through. I am thinking about reading night for my third book because of my interest in the Holocaust
Deleteone thing that stuck in my head was when he and his friends ambushed a town the killed all the bad people to take all of the supplies. it was crazy to see all of the people he shot and how his friend was like a snake going up to people killing them. the other thing thing that stuck in my head was when his town got ambushed and everyone running or getting killed by the rebels.
ReplyDeleteIn a long way gone i think the part with the biggest image was ishmaels first battle against the rebels. He witnessed his friends die and described how they looked and it was horrible. He then said he started shooting just to shoot and it changed him. And all of the drugs. It was just a really graphic moment.
ReplyDeleteIt can really change a person when he/she see's friends or family die. I guess he didn't care about anything anymore.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, she does a good job describing vivid scenes throughout the book. One part that really stuck out to me was when The Taliban came to her village and killed innocent people. They called it the bloody square. The Taliban would kill people and leave them in that area. I can imagine the square filled with a pile of dead bodies and the scent. They would even walk around with the heads of policemen. The scent and scene of blood and dead bodies would drive me far away from that place. Another picture I can imagine is when Malala returned to her village after The Taliban took over. The way Malala describes her village with bullet holes hitting every house and the overgrown gardens. I can picture almost a jungle with ruins scattered around.
ReplyDeleteit sound like your book is really interesting and also has some great imagery. i think the imagery in the books are great they just add to the realism of the book and make it more interesting.
DeleteI think reading about the bloody square was the hardest part of the book for me to get though because of how Malala explained it.
DeleteI am reading the book kite runner the author does an amazing job in describe the big senses with massive turning points such as when Hassan was beaten and raped while trying to retrieve amirs kite but also the smaller scenes that dont mean as much are still not forgotten like the scene when they were fleeing Afghanistan and were in the gas truck just by reading the book it was like i was there with them choking on the fumes. he is an amazing anther and i will mostly be reading more of his books.
ReplyDeleteI agree the author does a great job describing things without boring the reader. I also plan on reading more by this author.
DeleteMy book is The Kite Runner. One example in this book is when Amir was on his way to Kabul he see's signs of the wars like broken down soviet tanks and destroyed villages. What used to be buildings are now piles of trash. The tree's are all gone, the soviets cut them down because snipers would hide in them. I think Amir was scared of what happen while he was gone.
ReplyDeletethe most that i always pictured in the book of a long way gone is when the boy had to go into the war for the people of the village he had been staying in and they told him to bag up as much ammo as he could and the little child bagged so much ammo that he fell backwards. the second image that came to mind while reading was when he was rescued by the people of the big city and they started killing two rebels that had been rescued too but they both had hatred towards each other and i just could see them brawling it out. the last image that i could see was when Ishmael was found by his dads brother and It was really nice to see that all of the kayos had finally come to the end for the young boy and it was really nice to see that him and his uncle had such a special bond.
ReplyDeleteim reading the book night and sofar the best part of imagery was when they pull the teeth and when he was getting whiped
ReplyDeleteI agree that sounds like a great book I am excited to read it some day
DeleteWith a thousand splendid suns when rasheed put mariam and the baby into the house and boarded all the windows and made it very hot inside the house making it very unbearable for the baby and mariam and i could see and feel their pain inside my head it was kinda ugly to think about and when think about how bad rasheed treats mariam and how he beats her when ether she disappoints him or when layla does she is the only that gets hurt.its unthinkable to probably see all marks that she has from him.
ReplyDeleteimagery in a long way gone pops up all over the novel when he is in battle, he talks about him killing people and it gets pretty gross. he talks about they had a throat slitting contest, seeing who can slit a rebels throat the fastest. he also talks about the inhumane thing the soldiers do while in war
ReplyDeleteElie Wiesel uses imagery in this book all of the time. From burning babies to people digging their own graves. The ways that he describes these events just leaves a lasting impression in your mind about what Eliezer went through and all of the other jews for that matter. I really like this book since it really makes you think of all the things that have happened and ho it kind of puts you in their shoes.
ReplyDelete2 times where i could vividly picture what elie was describing is when he first arrived at the camp and when he describes the winter. Elie painted the picture of crying scared people out of the cattle cars and being separated into two lines while the smell of burning flesh lingers in the air. A huge fire loomed just a few feet away as women men and children were being thrown into the fire.he painted this picture so well for me it was like i was there i could see hear and smell what it was like for him. Another time where he used great imagery was when he described the cold harsh weather. He described the days to be short and the nights to be long and unbearable. he said the glacier wind lashed us like a whip. he later described how if he garbed anything it would stick to his hands. this imagery stuck with me so much because we have winters like this in iowa too and it was very easy to relate to. if elie did not have as vivid imagery as it did now i would not enjoy the book as much as i am right now.
ReplyDeleteI am reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns", and a scene that really stuck out to me was when Babi, Lalia and Tariq were on top of that Buddha statue overlooking the plains below. I thought it was a beautiful scene, definitely one of the highlights in the book, but that's probably because of the imagery I paired with it. Although Khaled Hosseini used fairly vivid imagery (which did make it moderately challenging deciding what he was trying to describe), but I feel like he did that for a good reason. That reason being that the reader would do a better job at creating their own picture of the scenery. But, when I was reading this scene, I pictured the Serengeti; vast, open, and irradiating with a golden brilliance. Another scene that stuck with me was when Lalia's house got struck by that missile. Khaled didn't give us much to go off of when it came to imagery and what not, so obviously I had to fill the empty space with my own interpretation of the scene. I pictured it as a pile of rubble, and acrid smoke.
ReplyDeleteElle did a great job painting pictures of every scene in the book but there are a couple scenes that really stand out. one of them being when he first got to the concentration camp and described seeing young children being burned alive, he described how awful the smell was and how the ashes would burn the back of your throat. the second was after he walked in on Idek having sex with a woman and then he was whipped 25 times, it seemed like such a horrible punishment for accidentally walking in on that.
ReplyDeleteYa, I had the exact same imagery in my head. Once i read that he was whipped several time i couldn't even read, so i just set the book down for a couple of hours until I could.
DeleteThe most memorable piece of imagery is when Amir goes back to his home after being in America since he was 18. He goes back to his house and describes everything that has changed since him and his father left. He walks the streets of Afghan and how they used to be bright and full of life and now there's people being shot at their houses and starving in the streets. Those parts really stuck with me in that I was shocked that things like that were or are happening in the world.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book "Night" and they use imagery to explain all the cruel and awful things that happened to Elie and all the other Jews in the camp. the first one that comes to mind is when Elie and his father get to the camp for the first time and they talk about the terrible smell of burning flesh and seeing the Germans throwing babies into the fire like they were dead animals. another time when it was heavily used was when there was a jew who tried to steal soup and they go into detail about how he got to the soup and they heard a shot and his lifeless body fell. the guards just picked up the body and wheeled he soup back into the kitchen like nothing happened. those two moments really stick out to me when i think of the cruelty they experienced.
ReplyDeleteYa, I had that exact same image in my head to. When I read that part, I was able to smell all the burning flesh coming from the furnace.
Deletem reading the book Kite Runner. The author really adds some imagery when Hassan is getting raped. I thought it was really easy to imagine what was happening. Another one was the fight with the brass knuckles. It was really Brutal but i could imagine what was happening.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Thousand Splendid Suns there are a lots of of scene that i can easy imagine but one that i cannot stop thinking about it is when Mariam went to looked for his father and had to sleep outside of the house waiting for him to be back. Even thought he was home all the time. I feel that Khaled Hosseini add a lot details so reader see what the characters really felt like. In this scene Mariam life had a turning point that affect her whole life. Another scene that i thought that the author describe it really well was when the Mariam and Laila got home from running i really thought Rasheed was going to kill Mariam tht was he was beating her and how she was bleeding from her face.
ReplyDeleteIn the book a Long Way Gone the most memorable imagery was used when the boys were let go from being captured by a village that was on a beach. Then their shoes were taken away. I can like that part because i can just feel the hot sand just burning my feet. it feels like walking across a bed of hot coals i imagine. I also can hear the boys urging each other on through the pain so they can get to some shade.
ReplyDeleteI Am Malala has many examples of imagery. One example is the bloody square. The Taliban killed people during the night and then left them/dragged them to the square to scare others. Everyone who went through the square would have to see these people laying there, a lot of them beheaded.
ReplyDeleteAnother example is when Malala come back to Swat after the Americans tried to fight off the Taliban. When they went back to check on the school, they saw anti-Taliban written on the board in permanent marker, trash, all over and the head of a goat was found in the classroom.
In the book Night the most horrible imagery, I have picture in my head while reading is when Elie camp is marching around town to get to the next camp and they see dead, smelly corpse all around town. Elie was jumped and shoved by SS officers and stumbled over numerous dead corpse that was shot at or died from sickness. I think this is just horrific because falling into a dead corpse, i rather falling into a dumpster than dead corpse. Another imagery that put a picture in my head was when Eli found a naked woman in one of the factories and a SS guard saw him peaking at her and he was pull out in front of everyone and getting whipped several times in pain. I think they didn't really need whip Elie, they could of done something else like bring him to another camp. My only question is why was there a naked woman in the factory at the time, because last time I checked the female and males were separated into different concentration camps.
ReplyDeletePersonally for me, one of the example of imagery in A Thousand Splendid Suns that made me particularly uneasy is when Marium was raped by her husband. Just the description of the whole ordeal makes me feel almost sick to my stomach, imagining having that done to yourself. It's just horrific. Another moment is when Marium saw Nana hanging from the tree on a noose. To imagine coming home to seeing her mother dead, having killed herself out of fear of her daughter never coming home again. It breaks my heart.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night Elie uses incredible imagery when describing the vastness of Auschwitz and how large it is and smells of the burning flesh. He also uses good imagery when talking about being whipped and the lashes on his back. These are so vivid because of Elies word choice and how he describes the events, it paints a picture in your mind and its almost like seeing it through his eyes.
ReplyDeleteIn Night, Elie Wiesel uses imagery to hit hard on the emotions of the readers. The first piece of imagery that was vivid in my head was the mention of babies being thrown into the pits of flames. He described it in a way that managed to make my heart wrench at the thought of it and being able to see it wasn't any better. Another image is the boy that died slowly when he was hung with the other men. When Elie talked about his “extinguished eyes” and “tongue hanging from his gaping mouth,” my stomach turned at the horrifying thought.
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