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Figurative Language In Freaky Green Eyes By Joyce Carol Oates

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Setting: The setting in Freaky Green Eyes is In Seattle throughout most the book, but she ends up moving to New Mexico to live with her Sister and Aunt. Characters: The characters in Freaky Green Eyes are Francesca “Franky” Pierson, the 15-year-old main character and narrator who has a part of her that she calls Freaky Green Eyes, who can help her in difficult situations, Krista Pierson, who is Franky’s mother, Reid Pierson, who is Franky’s abusive father that became a sportscaster after his career as a professional football player, and Samantha Pierson, Franky’s little sister. Conflict: The external conflict in Freaky Green Eyes is Frankie’s struggle with her father’s domestic abuse, and the internal conflict is Frankie’s inability to decide …show more content…

How does the author use it well? How does it impact your enjoyment of the book? Joyce Carol Oates does a great job of showing the true feelings of the characters, and how they really act by using imagery, great descriptive words, and different types of figurative language to really bring the characters to life and help us get to know them. Textual Evidence: (pg. 46) “The deeper voice rolls over it, obliterates it. Like thunder rolling across the sky.” Joyce Carol Oates’ use of descriptive words, and the comparison to the thunder rolling across the sky, reveals Reid’s true power when he gets angry. This also helps the reader understand his controlling and angry personality. Statement #2 Element: Setting Why is this element particularly strong in the book you read? How does the author use it well? How does it impact your enjoyment of the …show more content…

25) “Here it was cold, misty, and mushroom gray, like there was a sticky membrane over everything.” This quote does a great job of describing the unpleasant climate of Seattle, by using imagery. It helps the reader experience the climate, and Franky’s feelings about living in Seattle. Statement #3 Element: Figurative language Why is this element particularly strong in the book you read? How does the author use it well? How does it impact your enjoyment of the book? Joyce Carol Oates constantly uses figurative language throughout the novel Freaky Green Eyes to help the reader grasp the details, and thoughts that the characters are feeling during the book. This element was something that really helped me better understand, and enjoy the writing of Joyce Carol Oates. Textual Evidence: (pg. 47) “Morning mist pressed against the windows”, “The words gathered in my throat, but stuck there” (Oates 53). These quotes are good examples of Oates’ use of personification of the mist on the windows, and the words in her throat, because the mist cannot press against the window, and words cannot gather in someone’s throat. I really enjoyed the author’s use of figurative language in her piece Freaky Green Eyes.

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