Week 1 Post A-The Golden Compass

Vocab:

mahogany(3): the wood of a tropical American tree, much used for making furniture.

emulsion(21): any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.

Figurative Language:

1. "The three great tables that ran the lenght of the hall were laid already, the silver and the glass catching what little light there was{...}"(3). This is a personification that says the silver and the class were "catching" the light which means they must have shone brightly.


2. "All his movements were large and perfectly balanced, like those of a wild animal, and when he appeared in a room like this, he seemed a wild animal held in a cage too small for it"(12). This similie compares Lord Asriel to a wild animal. Its used to show his personality, which seems to be quite savage.
   
3. "The moonlight bathed everything in the same pallid gleam"(19). This is another personification that just is saying that everything looked the same color, due to the moonlight.

Quote:

"The devil! He knew about the wine, I'm sure of it"(18). This shows that something fishy is going on in Jordan College at Oxford University. The head master tried to poison Lord Asriel, who is Lyra's uncle.

Theme:

A theme for this section of reading could be your past will come back to haunt you.