Moon Tiger Literary Devices

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In the excerpt from the novel Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively, a brother and sister are out searching for fossils and Claudia is injured. This excerpt discusses the dual nature of each person and how they feel about the whole situation. Penelope Lively uses literary devices to show the complex relationship of the family members. Claudia talks about how means and vigorous Gordon is once he found his fossil. She says that “he would not let her go past to get higher.” She makes it seem that Gordon is very protective of his spot and doesn’t want her anywhere near him. Claudia has made it seem like she did nothing wrong and Gordon is to blame for everything. Gordon, on the other hand, tells the exact opposite. Gordon says that Claudia fell on her