The Power of Words
Words are like snow. Individual snowflakes don’t amount to much by themselves. But when snow combines in large amounts, it can be beautiful, annoying, or destructive. Likewise, words don’t affect anyone very much when they are said or heard without being backed up by others in great amounts with great force. Words are some of the most powerful elements known and invented by the human race. Most world leaders, dignitaries, and managers of companies or movements never obtained the position they hold without using words to convince people to side with them on whatever subject they enforce. In The Book Thief, death, the narrator of the novel, is a phenomenal conductor of the book because of his word choice and ability to describe …show more content…
In an opening scene of the book that’s meant to be a flash forward, bombings of Germany are being described that happened around the end of the war when Germany had lost the advantage. “The buildings appeared to be glued together, mostly small houses and apartment blocks that look nervous” (Zusak, 27). In this passage, buildings, houses, and blocks are being described as “nervous” because they’re about to endure a bombing. Personification is used well in this passage because it sets the mood for what will happen next in the book and keeps readers at the edge of their seats. The buildings being “nervous” not only sets the mood for what will happen next in the book., but shows how effective writing engages the reader. Therefore, personification shows how important word choice is through description of nonhuman things that are given human …show more content…
Liesel has been going to Frau Holtzapfel’s house quite often to read to her. One day, the door is answered by her son, who had just recently gotten back from the war in Stalingrad. Death had a unique way of describing the marks of blood on his bandage. “A bandaged hand fell out of his coat sleeve and cherries of blood were seeping through the wrapping… more than three hours later… the cherries had grown into plums: (Zusak, 465). It implements my affirmation because it relates an injury to a type of food without using the words “like” or “as”. It executes its purpose well because the bright-colored fruits and the tendency of fruit to grow perfectly symbolizes the state of the wound. It is yet another interesting play at words that catches the reader's’ eye and attention. Its importance is reflected through the fact that without word creativity with metaphors, the novel would be lacking a relevant element that always adds to stories. Thence, metaphors have a unique power that enforces the effect of words in its own particular
Words are like snow. Individual snowflakes don’t amount to much by themselves. But when snow combines in large amounts, it can be beautiful, annoying, or destructive. Likewise, words don’t affect anyone very much when they are said or heard without being backed up by others in great amounts with great force. Words are some of the most powerful elements known and invented by the human race. Most world leaders, dignitaries, and managers of companies or movements never obtained the position they hold without using words to convince people to side with them on whatever subject they enforce. In The Book Thief, death, the narrator of the novel, is a phenomenal conductor of the book because of his word choice and ability to describe …show more content…
In an opening scene of the book that’s meant to be a flash forward, bombings of Germany are being described that happened around the end of the war when Germany had lost the advantage. “The buildings appeared to be glued together, mostly small houses and apartment blocks that look nervous” (Zusak, 27). In this passage, buildings, houses, and blocks are being described as “nervous” because they’re about to endure a bombing. Personification is used well in this passage because it sets the mood for what will happen next in the book and keeps readers at the edge of their seats. The buildings being “nervous” not only sets the mood for what will happen next in the book., but shows how effective writing engages the reader. Therefore, personification shows how important word choice is through description of nonhuman things that are given human …show more content…
Liesel has been going to Frau Holtzapfel’s house quite often to read to her. One day, the door is answered by her son, who had just recently gotten back from the war in Stalingrad. Death had a unique way of describing the marks of blood on his bandage. “A bandaged hand fell out of his coat sleeve and cherries of blood were seeping through the wrapping… more than three hours later… the cherries had grown into plums: (Zusak, 465). It implements my affirmation because it relates an injury to a type of food without using the words “like” or “as”. It executes its purpose well because the bright-colored fruits and the tendency of fruit to grow perfectly symbolizes the state of the wound. It is yet another interesting play at words that catches the reader's’ eye and attention. Its importance is reflected through the fact that without word creativity with metaphors, the novel would be lacking a relevant element that always adds to stories. Thence, metaphors have a unique power that enforces the effect of words in its own particular