Week 7 Post A

Vocab:

feeble(282): physically weak, as from age or sickness.

abating(283): to reduce in amount; diminish.

Figurative Language:

1. "She heard a noise, something scraping on rock, which sounded like fingernails on a chalkboard"(283). This similie is just used to tell the reader how the scraping on the rock sounded.
2. "The cool breeze was as refreshing as an ice cold class of water"(290). This is also another similie, which is used to say how cooling the breeze felt.
3. "The steep cliffs glared fiercely at Lyra"(293). This quote shows how scary the cliffs were to Lyra, who is afraid of heights.

Quote:

"Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. But they weren't alone"(351). This is the last sentence of the book that wraps it up by Lyra and Pantalaimon walking into the sky, where "Dust" is suppose to be and they figure it is a good thing, since Lord Asriel does not like it.

Theme:

The hero always prevails over the villain.