Week 3 Post A

Quote

For those of you who know E.K. McPimpin, you will enjoy this quote from my novel (That's mostly you Ranjit). "Whenever Alhaji spoke, he used elaborate gestures. It was as if he wanted his already long hand to extend toward whomever he was talking to." I found this quote funny because it is exactly how I picture E.K. My friends and I always joke about how E.K. uses too many "hand gestures" and how he folds his hands at the lunch table. LOL.

Congealed (p.61)- To cause to solidify or coagulate or to undergo a process likened to solidification or coagulation.

Flotsam (p.59)-the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water.

Appeals

Jeez! It feels like it is harder to find logical appeals than it is emotional appeals, but I found one. "If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die."(p.54) This quote is a philosophy on life. Yeah, it gets pretty deep but on a more simple level, it is a logical appeal because it is dealing with human thoughts and how this person thinks about life.

"Sometimes I felt as if the birds gave me angry looks for eating so much of their food."(p.52) It's always good to find a humorous quote to go with some of the more serious ones. This one is an emotional appeal mostly because it evokes lightheartedness from the reader and gives the reader something to laugh about in between all of the blood and guts.

"I was afraid of thinking."(p.50) This is one of those quotes you can think about for a couple minutes but ultimately get nowhere. This is a logical appeal because it forces the reader to think about being afraid of thinking; (yes I did intend for that to be confusing).

Emerging Theme

Don't take things for granted.