Literary Techniques In Ivan Doig's This House Of Sky

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This House of Sky written by Ivan Doig is penned as a memoir spanning from birth to about thirty years old. Ivan tells his early life story with all the family trimmings. The dominate characters include Ivan: his mother, his father Charlie Doig, his step mother Ruth, his grandmother Bessie Ringer and Ivan’s own wife Carol. He writes in a poetic style that makes me feel as if I were nestled next to a warm winter fire, quietly listening to my own grandfather recalling the days of his early life. Reading This House of Sky puts a nice shine on the dusty old stereotype of memoirs. Doig bevels the rough edges of his life by choosing his words much as a painter would choose colors from a palette. He guides you through his house which

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