Week 4 Post A

Vocabulary:

anathema(95): a person or thing detested or loathed.

emanation(85): an act or instance of oringinating.

Figurative Language:

1. "Mrs. Coulter had given her money like sweets, and although she had spent it lavishly, there were still several sovereigns left, which she put in the pocket of the dark wolfskin coat before tiptoeing to the door"(88). This is a similie that is used just to show that Mrs. Coulter gave Lyra an enormous amount of spending money.


2. "There was a tangle of narrow streets between there and the Royal Artic Institute, which was the only place Lyra was sure of being able to find, and into that dark maze she hurried now"(89). This metaphor is used to describe the "tangle of narrow streets" as a "dark maze." This helps the reader visualize the streets better.


3. "At a crossrods near the corner of a big department store whose windows shone brilliantly over the wet pavement, there was a coffe stall: a little hut on wheels with a counter under the wooden flap that swung up like an awning"(90). This is another similie used to describe how the counder under the wooden flap came out of the hut on wheels.

Quote:

"I told you, he's a murderer. It's his profession. He's doing a job tonight. I got his clean clothes in here, 'cause he's usually all covered in blood when he's finished a job"(95). This is an example of Lyra being deceptive. She encounters a creepy guy when she runs away from Mrs. Coulter and lies to him and says her father is a murderer, so she can get away from the guy. This is also important, because it shows how Lyra must be deceptive, in order to survive this corrupt society.

Theme:

A theme of deception was present in this set of reading.