Dr.Miercoles

Book 3 | |
The drum’s the heartbeat of MotherEarth” Page 163 | Metaphor - The use of this metaphor is to emphasize the importance of the drums. Themeaning of it becomes much deeper when related to a heartbeat. |
“Run out into our lives” Page 163 | Paradox - The use of this literary device gives us a different view of our lives. How we haveto go out to be able to go in our lives. |
“Ourears forget what that heartbeatsounds like” Page 165 | Personification - Our ears don’t forget, our mind does. Our minds are the ones that forget what the heartbeat sounds like. Our ears are simply the ones who bring that sound into our minds. |
“Women got more power than men onaccounta they can give life” Page 165 | Comparison - This comparison is used for the reader to understand the differencebetween men and why women are more important. This shows us what mattered in that time. |
“The drum teaches respect” Page 166 | Personification - The drum does not teach respect, but it represents it. The use of the drum is what makes people respect each other. It was really important for people to berespected and the use of the drum wasone way to learn respect. |
“Never seen no confused treeall my life”Page 167 | Personification - The tree cannot feel confused or look confused. When it’s said that a tree looks confused it’s that persons perspective of that tree. |
“Lotta money, lotta flashy clothes, lottaplans, lotta friends” Page 168 | Colloquialism - Makes the reader understand the context and identify more with the narrator.Repetition - Creates flow in the sentence. |
“Therewas the side of me that was goingrapidly stir crazy. The one hungry for allthe flash and motion” Page 169 | Personification - The side of him was hungry, what is not accurate, but makes it easier to the reader to understand the meaning. |
“See, bird gotta have balance to soararound like he does. Us we like seein’him up there. Looks real free to us.Makes us wanna be like that. “ Page 185 |Extended metaphor - Birds are balanced, just like the indians want to be. |
“That bird’s soarin’ on air. Air’s movin’ all the time.When he’s floatin’ around up there so graceful he’s floatin’ on moving air” Page 186 | Euphony - creates an harmonic and peaceful idea, going with the use of soft and calm words. |
“Hang around with only other Indyuns, only go where other Indyuns go, only do things otherIndyuns do. ” | Repetition- reinforces the idea of doing what Indyuns do.Parallelism- cretes flow. |
“The truth is that most of us are movin’ between Indyuns. Movin’ between our jobs and the sweat lodge. Movin’ between school and pow-wow. Movin’ between English and Anishanabe. Movin’ between both worlds. Movin’ between 1990 and 1490. ” Page 199 | Repetition - emphasizes the idea of movingbetween two worlds.Parallelism - Creates flow in the sentences. |
“Another horse we learned to ride” Page 200 | Metaphor - Compares the horses with abilities the Indians took from the white men, making it easier to comprehend how the indian think of it. |
“A peaceful, silent blue” Page 212 | Personification - Attributes human characteristics to an unanimated being so the reader can understand thedescription more easily. |
“Mmmmmmmmm.” Page 212 | Onomatopoeia - the reader can understand in a direct way that the character is reflective. |
Book 4 | |
“The land is a feeling.” Page 223 | Metaphor - shows to the reader what is the meaning that the land has to the Anishinabe people. |
“The moon is a hand drum that hangs in the sky.” Page 305 | Metaphor - compare the moon to the hand drum,to make the reader understand how Garnet sees the moon. |
“We’re all tourists really.” Page 307 | Metaphor - shows how lost people may be in their own lives, needing a person to guide them. |
“Sitting by the fire that burns on the fuel of your own truth. The logs and kindling you picked up along that red road.” Page 308 | Metaphor - compares the fuel with our own truth, and the logs and...