Post A Week 5 Suite Francaise

Vocabulary:
Predestined(75):
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine

Gables(76):
The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.

Literary Terms:
Whenever Philippe spoke, he seemed both enlightened and pasionate at the same time; as if lit up by a very pure flame(75). This is an example of a simile becaus eif compares one thing to another using the word as.

They could smell smoke, very faintly, carried by the soft June wind (77). This is an example of personification because wind cannot literally be soft.

Pale with hunger, blackened by dust, hair dishevelled, eyes burning, a sad and stubborn look upon thier faces, they seemed suddenly older. Thie is imagry because the author throughouly describes the terrbile shape the soldiers were in.


Quote:

This is a disaster Hubert thought with a sigh. This is defeat, I am here watching an enormus defeat, worse than Waterloo. we are all lost.(83) This quote is important because it shows the state of dispair the French military is in. Everyone around hubert most likely feels the same way he does.


Theme: A theme for this novel is despair. The people feel dispair all around them, as they are desprately fleeing the distroyed French land.