Post A Week 3 Suite Francaise

Vocabulary:

trumeau(34):a mirror having a painted or carved panel above or below the glass in the same frame.

pram(49):a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

Literary terms:

Usually his face had the smooth, defiant look of an old cat purring by a warm stovebut he was so tierd from the previous day that it couldn't but show and his weak jaw drooped like a corpse. (35) This has an example of a similie in the cat part, and in the part where his jaw droops like a corpse. They are similies because the author is indirectly describing the man as these objects.

The plane above thier heads had appeared suddenly; they could hear it's thin piercing sound fading away.(42) The piercing sound is an example of personificaion because sound cannot pierce.

But panic was intensifying, spreading like wildfire from city to city.(44) This is an example of imagry because it appeals to my senses.



Quote:
Christian charity, the compassion of centuries of civilisation, fell from her like usless ornaments, revealing her bare, arid soul. She needed to protect her own children. Nothing else mattered any more.(48) This quote demonsrates the desperation flowing through the minds of all who were fleeing the city in search of saftey.

Theme:
A theme of this novel is survival of the richest, because everyone who has money can find saftey while those who don't are hit the hardest by the tragedy.