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POV Assignment On I And Alcee

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Comment Powered by Sung-Ho Kim Shoemaker English Pd 2 6 October 2015 POV assignment I and Alcee are the only one remaining after the party that happened in my new home. My voice was loud as the sound of lightning striking a tree when I asked Victor to stop singing during the party. Since everyone from the party was gone besides Alcee, I decided to close the windows and doors, while Alcee was going upstairs to check if the windows were unlatched. After he finished his business in checking the windows, he asked me if I wanted to go to the pigeon house. I decided to go the pigeon house with him. As I am walking with him, I can feel the wind whistle and hiss through the yellow shimmer of my gown. When we went …show more content…

Her emotions allow her to express herself in any way she wants regardless. The second simile, “when he was touching me, I felt as if I was in a warm, cozy blanket,” shows how she embraces the fact that Alcee is seducing her. This is obviously an act that Edna should not be part in because she is married to someone and she has children. The simile gives a deeper insight of her emotions and how she starts to act the way she wants to regardless of the consequences of making bad choices. The two examples of imagery that is used in this story are, “I can feel the wind whistle and hiss through the yellow shimmer of my gown” and “I saw him stand right by me and his gentle hands brushed my hair.” The imagery “I can feel the wind whistle and hiss through the yellow shimmer of my gown,” depicts the moment when Edna is walking to the pigeon house with Alcee. As she is walking with him, she can feel the wind blow through her yellow shimmer of her gown that she worn during the dinner party. This imagery gives a more detailed image of the moment when she is going to the pigeon house with Alcee, which is right before

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