Literary devices: Hyperbole:"With frankness, and using my limited psychological power of articulation, i tried to explain to that I had attempted suicide out of a kind of curiosity, or maybe as a challenge to nature, to cosmos itself." symbolism: "I was an insect" tone: [overall segment] biased, grandiose, populist and vitriolic
"word" image: "When I got home, I saw that my sink was filled with dishes, a hybrid collection of neon-coloured dollar-store cups mixed with flower-patterned plates, stacked beneath a large spaghetti pot, all unwashed."
Reaction: He is quite strange and even though it's only his imagination, could it be that he is actually part cockroach?
40% of the book:
Vocabulary: clergy, deflower, cadaver
Literary devices: Imagery: "I used to peek through the bathroom window and watch her in front of the mirror, playing with her wet hair, kissing the towels and brushing them across her face." simile: "She, beaming like a headlight, agreed to meet him again in secret." tone: "He thought playing at a restaurant was the worst kind of job for a talented, respected musician like himself." (dogmatic)
"word" image: "She moved her face away from his whisky breath, his unbalanced feet, his scratchy mustache and nicotine-stained teeth."
Reaction: I kind of feel bad for cockroach considering that he has lost his sister to that bad man.
60% of the book
Vocabulary: bureaucrats, subversive, arbitrary
Literary devices: Tone: "Now I was more determined than ever to find a way to that faux government consultant's shithole of a residence and consult his drawers, his fridge, his glasses, and merge his shoes into one company, and maybe lay off a few excess operatives." (angry) Imagery: "Late at night at this city the snow is pasted just above the street like a crunchy white crust that breaks and cracks under your feet." Imagery: "After a while stomping through the snow, I could hear the rhythm of my own footsteps."
"word" image: "Genevieve lifted her head ,then and I could see her ears turning pointy and poking through her glittering straight long hair."
Reaction: He sounds very angry at living here though I hope that in the next chapters, his situation would become better.
80% of the book
Vocabulary: resentment, morsel, ephemeral
Literary devices: Tone: "They were corrupt, empty, selfish, self-absorbed, capable only of seeing themselves in the reflection from the tinted glass in their fancy cars." (biased) Imagery: "They must be horrified to realize that they are made of skin, flesh that can be cut, boiled and eaten, that they perspire, that fluid runs through them, that always whatever they eat, not matter how presentable it is, the food that comes on fancy plates, that is savoured as it is illuminated by small candles on red tablecloths that gives off the aroma of spices, will always always be transformed in something ugly and repulsive." Imagery: "With straight, black hair, so black that it almost seemed blue sometimes.
"word" image: "Her soft voice her stylish dresses her good manners concealed a deep hidden violence and resentment of nature's indifference to her ephemeral existence."
Reaction: I feel bad to all the things that happened to Shohreh and his uncle. Sadly, I don't think cockroaches situation is getting worse and he is starting to sound bitter-er (if that's even a word).
100% of the book:
Vocabulary: inductrinate, compensate, purgatory
Literary devices: Imagery: "My fingers were frozen, my house keys cold and painful to touch" simile: "I ran back to lock before the key slipped through my lips, before I lifted my neck and swallowed it like a fresh cod in a seal's throat." Personification: "Everytime I tried to light a single match, the wind stood right beside me, blew on my face, laughed and mocked me."
"word" image: "there my friend, you can encounter rivers of steam, tropical paradises with noisy crickets, crocodiles, muddy rivers, green fungus arching like wallpaper over trees, expert scuba-diving rats, and troops of roaches receiving signals conspiring to take over the world."
Reaction: At the ending he spreads his "wings" and goes to the underground... but he isn't a cockroach! What about Shohreh? Did he already forget about her? I wasn't the slightest bit satisfied with the ending of the book... I do admit that I like happy endings best but it almost seems like this novel has no ending.
Vocabulary: articulation, frankness, contemplating
Literary devices:
Hyperbole:"With frankness, and using my limited psychological power of articulation, i tried to explain to that I had attempted suicide out of a kind of curiosity, or maybe as a challenge to nature, to cosmos itself."
symbolism: "I was an insect"
tone: [overall segment] biased, grandiose, populist and vitriolic
"word" image:
"When I got home, I saw that my sink was filled with dishes, a hybrid collection of neon-coloured dollar-store cups mixed with flower-patterned plates, stacked beneath a large spaghetti pot, all unwashed."
Reaction:
He is quite strange and even though it's only his imagination, could it be that he is actually part cockroach?
40% of the book:
Vocabulary: clergy, deflower, cadaver
Literary devices:
Imagery: "I used to peek through the bathroom window and watch her in front of the mirror, playing with her wet hair, kissing the towels and brushing them across her face."
simile: "She, beaming like a headlight, agreed to meet him again in secret."
tone: "He thought playing at a restaurant was the worst kind of job for a talented, respected musician like himself." (dogmatic)
"word" image:
"She moved her face away from his whisky breath, his unbalanced feet, his scratchy mustache and nicotine-stained teeth."
Reaction:
I kind of feel bad for cockroach considering that he has lost his sister to that bad man.
60% of the book
Vocabulary: bureaucrats, subversive, arbitrary
Literary devices:
Tone: "Now I was more determined than ever to find a way to that faux government consultant's shithole of a residence and consult his drawers, his fridge, his glasses, and merge his shoes into one company, and maybe lay off a few excess operatives." (angry)
Imagery: "Late at night at this city the snow is pasted just above the street like a crunchy white crust that breaks and cracks under your feet."
Imagery: "After a while stomping through the snow, I could hear the rhythm of my own footsteps."
"word" image:
"Genevieve lifted her head ,then and I could see her ears turning pointy and poking through her glittering straight long hair."
Reaction:
He sounds very angry at living here though I hope that in the next chapters, his situation would become better.
80% of the book
Vocabulary: resentment, morsel, ephemeral
Literary devices:
Tone: "They were corrupt, empty, selfish, self-absorbed, capable only of seeing themselves in the reflection from the tinted glass in their fancy cars." (biased)
Imagery: "They must be horrified to realize that they are made of skin, flesh that can be cut, boiled and eaten, that they perspire, that fluid runs through them, that always whatever they eat, not matter how presentable it is, the food that comes on fancy plates, that is savoured as it is illuminated by small candles on red tablecloths that gives off the aroma of spices, will always always be transformed in something ugly and repulsive."
Imagery: "With straight, black hair, so black that it almost seemed blue sometimes.
"word" image:
"Her soft voice her stylish dresses her good manners concealed a deep hidden violence and resentment of nature's indifference to her ephemeral existence."
Reaction:
I feel bad to all the things that happened to Shohreh and his uncle. Sadly, I don't think cockroaches situation is getting worse and he is starting to sound bitter-er (if that's even a word).
100% of the book:
Vocabulary: inductrinate, compensate, purgatory
Literary devices:
Imagery: "My fingers were frozen, my house keys cold and painful to touch"
simile: "I ran back to lock before the key slipped through my lips, before I lifted my neck and swallowed it like a fresh cod in a seal's throat."
Personification: "Everytime I tried to light a single match, the wind stood right beside me, blew on my face, laughed and mocked me."
"word" image:
"there my friend, you can encounter rivers of steam, tropical paradises with noisy crickets, crocodiles, muddy rivers, green fungus arching like wallpaper over trees, expert scuba-diving rats, and troops of roaches receiving signals conspiring to take over the world."
Reaction:
At the ending he spreads his "wings" and goes to the underground... but he isn't a cockroach! What about Shohreh? Did he already forget about her? I wasn't the slightest bit satisfied with the ending of the book... I do admit that I like happy endings best but it almost seems like this novel has no ending.