1. Setting
“My teenage years had begun, and we now lived in the small town of Kozlowa Gora, in the Polish district known as Upper Silesia, or Oberschlesien” (Opdyke 12). Even though Opdyke doesn’t stay in Kozlowa Gora the whole book, she tells us the general location in which it takes place. Without the conformation of the setting we wouldn’t know which country she lived in and how it affected her life.
2. Hyperbole
“We were both looking at the X ray, doctor and nurse conferring about a patient. I breathed out slowly, as though I had been holding my breath for days” (Opdyke 44). This is when Dr. David gave Irene a train ticket to Svetlana. Opdyke’s meaning of this quote was to tell the reader that she was so relieved to leave the hospital …show more content…
It was someone’s house but no one lived there now: furniture was broken, scattered across the floor. Broken dishes and glassware lay in piles, and dark squares on the wallpaper showed where pictures and paintings had been taken down” (Opdyke 116). In a couple of sentences later Helen states that it was a Jewish home and it had been raided. This detail gives us a clear understanding of how Germans treated other people's property and that's what Irene wanted us to perceive.
7. Repetition
"But it was not a bird. It was not a bird. It was not a bird," (Opdyke 117). In this portion of the novel, Irene is talking about a Nazi soldier using a baby as a target- throwing it in the air and shooting it in front of its mother. Originally she thought it was a large bird but she later found out it was a baby. Once again Irene wanted to emphasize the cruelty of the Nazi officers and how they didn’t hesitate to kill anyone.
8. Pathos
“I wanted to scream when I heard the news. Beautiful Sozia with her black curls and her singing. Roman with his warm eyes. Natasha had carried out her revenge, and Rokita had been her instrument” (Opdyke 138). Irene wanted us as the readers to feel pity and sadness. Thus she described the situation which made us feel sadness and sorrow for Sozia and
“My teenage years had begun, and we now lived in the small town of Kozlowa Gora, in the Polish district known as Upper Silesia, or Oberschlesien” (Opdyke 12). Even though Opdyke doesn’t stay in Kozlowa Gora the whole book, she tells us the general location in which it takes place. Without the conformation of the setting we wouldn’t know which country she lived in and how it affected her life.
2. Hyperbole
“We were both looking at the X ray, doctor and nurse conferring about a patient. I breathed out slowly, as though I had been holding my breath for days” (Opdyke 44). This is when Dr. David gave Irene a train ticket to Svetlana. Opdyke’s meaning of this quote was to tell the reader that she was so relieved to leave the hospital …show more content…
It was someone’s house but no one lived there now: furniture was broken, scattered across the floor. Broken dishes and glassware lay in piles, and dark squares on the wallpaper showed where pictures and paintings had been taken down” (Opdyke 116). In a couple of sentences later Helen states that it was a Jewish home and it had been raided. This detail gives us a clear understanding of how Germans treated other people's property and that's what Irene wanted us to perceive.
7. Repetition
"But it was not a bird. It was not a bird. It was not a bird," (Opdyke 117). In this portion of the novel, Irene is talking about a Nazi soldier using a baby as a target- throwing it in the air and shooting it in front of its mother. Originally she thought it was a large bird but she later found out it was a baby. Once again Irene wanted to emphasize the cruelty of the Nazi officers and how they didn’t hesitate to kill anyone.
8. Pathos
“I wanted to scream when I heard the news. Beautiful Sozia with her black curls and her singing. Roman with his warm eyes. Natasha had carried out her revenge, and Rokita had been her instrument” (Opdyke 138). Irene wanted us as the readers to feel pity and sadness. Thus she described the situation which made us feel sadness and sorrow for Sozia and