Figurative Language/Style
Section 1: In the first section there was some imagery and personification. The author put imagery and personification in this section to describe everything that is going on in Eddies last moments on earth to the audience. “Out on the ocean, diamonds of sunlight danced on the water, and Eddie stared at their nimble movement.” (Albom 11). This shows the audience what Eddie was seeing at the time.
Section 2: The second section there is flashbacks. The flashbacks tell the audience what happened in the past that they wouldn’t know. “Take a rainy sunday morning in July, in the late 1920’s…” (Albom 42). This is telling the audience that there is a flashback being told.
Section 3: In the third section there are major flashbacks. In this section Eddie meets the second person in heaven and it is his Captain. There is a flashback to when Eddie was in World War 2. The author put flashbacks in this section because the audience doesn’t know about Eddies experiences at war and what he did.
Section 4: The fourth section the author uses a lot of imagery to let the audience visualize the scene and the situation. In the fourth section Eddie meets the third person which is Ruby, the woman that the pier where Eddie worked was named after. The imagery in this section helps the audience see what Ruby Pier looked like and the atmosphere. “A giant arching structure based on a historic french temple, with fluted columns and coved dome at the top.” (Albom 120). This describes to the audience what the entrance looked like.
Section 5: In the fifth section the author uses flashbacks. In this section Eddie meets the fourth person in heaven his wife. He learns that love lasts forever and so they flashback to when they were younger and just meeting. Flashbacks are important in this section because the audience needs to know how they meet and how they fell in love with each other and how and when they got married.
Section 6: In the final section of the book the author uses simile. The author uses simile in this section to compare a feeling of a word to a knife to the tongue. “Eddie felt the word like a knife in his tongue” (Albom 187). The author uses this simile to show the audience that Eddie is sad/mad that he let Tala burn in the fire he saw when he was in war.
Section 2: The second section there is flashbacks. The flashbacks tell the audience what happened in the past that they wouldn’t know. “Take a rainy sunday morning in July, in the late 1920’s…” (Albom 42). This is telling the audience that there is a flashback being told.
Section 3: In the third section there are major flashbacks. In this section Eddie meets the second person in heaven and it is his Captain. There is a flashback to when Eddie was in World War 2. The author put flashbacks in this section because the audience doesn’t know about Eddies experiences at war and what he did.
Section 4: The fourth section the author uses a lot of imagery to let the audience visualize the scene and the situation. In the fourth section Eddie meets the third person which is Ruby, the woman that the pier where Eddie worked was named after. The imagery in this section helps the audience see what Ruby Pier looked like and the atmosphere. “A giant arching structure based on a historic french temple, with fluted columns and coved dome at the top.” (Albom 120). This describes to the audience what the entrance looked like.
Section 5: In the fifth section the author uses flashbacks. In this section Eddie meets the fourth person in heaven his wife. He learns that love lasts forever and so they flashback to when they were younger and just meeting. Flashbacks are important in this section because the audience needs to know how they meet and how they fell in love with each other and how and when they got married.
Section 6: In the final section of the book the author uses simile. The author uses simile in this section to compare a feeling of a word to a knife to the tongue. “Eddie felt the word like a knife in his tongue” (Albom 187). The author uses this simile to show the audience that Eddie is sad/mad that he let Tala burn in the fire he saw when he was in war.