If you could survive all by yourself for more than three years, it might sound easy but don't let that fool you. Alone by Megan E. Freeman. There was a girl who was sleeping, but when she woke up she realized that everyone had to evacuate, and she was all by herself. She had to find food, clean water, shelter, and how not to let the loneliness get to her. The author uses symbolism to create hope, description to create imagery, and motifs to make predictions. First, the book report is used to symbolize courage. When she first found the book report she realized surviving was going to be hard, but staying determined is going to be a lot harder. For example, “Staying alive isn’t easy, but it’s a heck of a lot easier than keeping my heart hopeful …show more content…
!’ Eighteen. Years. E.I.G.H.T.E.E.N. Y.E.A.R.S. Am I capable of surviving alone for eighteen years? d. (Freeman, 287). Maddie has to survive all by herself without anyone except Goerger. She starts to get discouraged and wants to give up but she would remember the book report, and she realizes she has to keep going if she wants to see her family and friends again. Megan uses descriptions in the book to create imagery. She describes the multiple settings in great detail, which allows the reader to know exactly where the characters are and what is going on around them. Like during an earthquake scene, where Maddie’s leg gets terribly hurt, the descriptive language used allows the reader to visualize her painful injury. As well as a violent fire scene, where the reader knows how dangerous the situation is and the extent of the damage. For example, “Pain sears through my left leg. Blood gushes from a gash in my shin. Sharp landscape edging drips sticky red,” (Freeman, 213). This makes you visualize how painful the injury might have been and what it might have looked like. “A dark scar marks the side where lightning struck. Flames lick the branches. Encircle the trunk of the