Out Stealing Horses week 6 post A

Tetchy (169): irritable; touchy.

Musingly (166): absorbed in thought; meditative

“… and he has a rubber face, Lars, but there is nothing for me to laugh at (170).” This is a metaphor for Lars' face being made out of rubber.

“My mood takes me up and down, like in a lift, from attic to cellar in a couple of hours, (171)” This is an example of a simile becasue his moods are compared to an elevator.

"The sun is gone and the wind is rising (163)." This is an example of personification and maybe metaphor because the wind is not a living thing that can rise, and the sun is not literally gone, it's just not visable.

That is what I want, and I know I can do it, that I have it in me, the ability to be alone, and there is nothing to be afraid of (172).” This is an important quote because it shows how rattled Trond is in his old age and how he tries to comfort himself.


The theme of this novel is how the past never stays truly in the past, and things you try to forget come back to haunt you.