Author Book Analysis “Kasey reared up and screamed. Like a garish painted scarecrow, a woman's face popped into her line of sight. They were no more than six inches apart. Kasey saw a frenzied green eyes, raven hair pasted in wet, messy strands across her face, and two hands pressed in supplication against the window. The woman’s slim neck was ringed in what looked like a red necklace but was really a deep and violent abrasion, dripping pearls of blood. ‘Help me, oh lord, help me!’” (4). This quote is from the book The Burying Place by Brian Freeman. It is a mystery book written in third person. It is a mystery about a child abduction and a serial killer. Brian Freeman, author of The Burying Place, uses imagery, parallelism, flashbacks, and
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Imagery is defined as visually descriptive or figurative language in literary work. Freeman uses imagery to help the reader get into the characters feelings. Imagery helps the reader to feel as if they had been through the same situation and were right there amongst the characters. An example from the book would be, “Cold wind roared in his ears. He tramped through low, woody brush, his footsteps, crackling, on the litter of fallen limbs and dried pinecones, until he reached a gap in the forest where he could dig” (63) Freeman uses descriptive words to help the reader imagine what the situation would be like. Imagery is one of the methods used by Freeman to reveal that recurring theme of helplessness, which links back to the purpose that everyone goes through horrendous stuff but they are never …show more content…
Parallelism is the use of similar patterns of words (or grammatical forms) to express similar or related ideas or ideas of equal importance. Freeman used parallelism to make a link between two completely different events and tie them together in some way. He tied them together so the reader would realize that even though they are not going through the same situation they are still experiencing the same feeling. So Freeman is showing that everyone goes through a period of helplessness and need for happiness and answers, but they aren’t the only ones that are in need, other people are hurting around them also. Even if it’s not apparent. A line in the book says “Serena heard the resignation in Valerie’s voice and tried to imagine an eight-year marriage of loneliness and suspicion. Nothing surprised her anymore. Lives that looked pretty and perfect on the outside were often as fragile as glass,” (52) In the book Serena, one of the detectives, sees that the mother of the abducted child is hurting and she realizes that even though the mother’s life looks perfect, deep down it is truly imperfect in its own way. Serena was also hurting at the time because of complication between her and her husband so at that time she realized that she wasn’t alone. She may not be going through the same situation but she is in need too. Freeman used Parallelism to get across the feeling that each person is feeling as these two cases are being
Imagery is defined as visually descriptive or figurative language in literary work. Freeman uses imagery to help the reader get into the characters feelings. Imagery helps the reader to feel as if they had been through the same situation and were right there amongst the characters. An example from the book would be, “Cold wind roared in his ears. He tramped through low, woody brush, his footsteps, crackling, on the litter of fallen limbs and dried pinecones, until he reached a gap in the forest where he could dig” (63) Freeman uses descriptive words to help the reader imagine what the situation would be like. Imagery is one of the methods used by Freeman to reveal that recurring theme of helplessness, which links back to the purpose that everyone goes through horrendous stuff but they are never …show more content…
Parallelism is the use of similar patterns of words (or grammatical forms) to express similar or related ideas or ideas of equal importance. Freeman used parallelism to make a link between two completely different events and tie them together in some way. He tied them together so the reader would realize that even though they are not going through the same situation they are still experiencing the same feeling. So Freeman is showing that everyone goes through a period of helplessness and need for happiness and answers, but they aren’t the only ones that are in need, other people are hurting around them also. Even if it’s not apparent. A line in the book says “Serena heard the resignation in Valerie’s voice and tried to imagine an eight-year marriage of loneliness and suspicion. Nothing surprised her anymore. Lives that looked pretty and perfect on the outside were often as fragile as glass,” (52) In the book Serena, one of the detectives, sees that the mother of the abducted child is hurting and she realizes that even though the mother’s life looks perfect, deep down it is truly imperfect in its own way. Serena was also hurting at the time because of complication between her and her husband so at that time she realized that she wasn’t alone. She may not be going through the same situation but she is in need too. Freeman used Parallelism to get across the feeling that each person is feeling as these two cases are being