10.) Jaycee uses a lot of figurative language throughout the novel especially, when she is describing her abduction and having sex with Philip. “I hear the crackling sound and I feel paralyzed” (Dugard 9). She uses onomatopoeia to mimic the sound of the stun gun to enrich her text. The effect of her using figurative language is the reader better understands what is happening.
11.) There is some irony in the novel a major one was the fact that multiple parole officers visited Philips house throughout Jaycee 18 years of captivity, and on occasion they would even interact with Jaycee. “One day when I was in the house taking care of his mother, this new parole agent came and I asked him if he was the agent who walked into my daughter’s bedroom. He answered no and I proceeded to wheel Pat back in the room. He took Philip’s urine sample and left.” (Dugard 198) The parole officer didn't even question why she was there or who she was they obviously didn't do a thorough job when searching the house. The use of the ironic devices make the reader wonder how it took 18 years for her to get discovered when she had so
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Jaycee was an innocent 11 year old girl who had never shaved her legs and in a matter of an hour was forced to perform sexual actions on an adult male. She didn't know why she was gaining weight when she was pregnant and didn't even attend a high school she stop schooling at 5th grade. She had her innocence and her life taken away from her.
14.) The authors intention with the title “A Stolen Life” is to indicate how she had her life stolen away from her by Philip and Nancy who raped her when she was just 11 years old. The meaning of the title stays the same throughout the story. Even though at the end of the story she says she doesn't hate Philip and Nancy she acknowledges the fact that they took her life away from her and she missed many major life milestones she says she is trying to makeup for lost