Post a Week 7 Suite Francaise

Vocabulary:
Ochre(148):
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
or
a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

Despondent(149):
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

Literary terms:
“Meanwhile, he was absently following the service, his heart so heavy and hard it caused him physical pain.(143)” This quote is an example of imagry because you can imagine him being so sad his heart hurts.

“Evil is visible, it burns, it smugly displays itself for all to see(144).” This is an example of personification because it makes the evil a tangible thing.

“Her face, normally so soft, so well made up, so rested, was covered in a shiny coat of sweat; it no longer absorbed the powder and foundation, but turned them to thick lumps, like curdled mayonnaise (147)” This is an example of simlie because her face is compared to curdled mayonnaise.

Quote:
“… To see what I’ve seen! Closed doors where you knock in vain to get a glass of water and refugees who pillaged houses; everywhere, everywhere you look, chaos, cowardice, vanity and ignorance! What a wonderful race we are! (143) This quote sums up the way many of the French feel about what the war has done to the people of France.

Theme: The theme of this novel has consistently been despair and death.