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“No,” Mom said…
Then she said. “Grandma’s dead.”[Chapter 21]
*”You know, Mountain Goat, I still feel bad about making you leave your rock collection back in Battle Mountain,” he said. “But we had to travel light.”
“I know,” I said. “It was more than one thing, anyway.”
Figurative Language:
Metaphor:
*Rex walls says Maureen “is a sick puppy, the runt of the litter, who should have been drowned at birth.” Rex compares Maureen to a sick puppy, something that is dependent on someone and/or everyone.
*”Being homeless is an adventure.” page 255. Jeannette’s mother are comparing both homelessness and an adventure together, unusually.
*Geode- The geode was the only rock that Jeannette had saved when she and her family were moving to Welch.
“No,” Mom said…
Then she said. “Grandma’s dead.”[Chapter 21]
*”You know, Mountain Goat, I still feel bad about making you leave your rock collection back in Battle Mountain,” he said. “But we had to travel light.”
“I know,” I said. “It was more than one thing, anyway.”
Figurative Language:
Metaphor:
*Rex walls says Maureen “is a sick puppy, the runt of the litter, who should have been drowned at birth.” Rex compares Maureen to a sick puppy, something that is dependent on someone and/or everyone.
*”Being homeless is an adventure.” page 255. Jeannette’s mother are comparing both homelessness and an adventure together, unusually.
*Geode- The geode was the only rock that Jeannette had saved when she and her family were moving to Welch.