Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Husband's Secret

Imagery


The Husbands Secret is set up very differently from most books that you read. There are three seperate lives or stories in the book that all are slowly starting to relate together. There is Cecilia and John Paul, they are married and havd three children. There Tess and Will, they have one child. Tess has a sister named Felicity who is very involved in her life. Lastly there is Rachel, she has one child named Rob and a grandchild. Her other child named Janie was murdered and her husband had died. All of these characters live very different lives but slowly as they change and develop they are linking together.
I am about two thirds the way done with my book and I have noticed excellent use of imagery in the text. For example "The school principal, floated into the room, one of her trademark crochted shawls slipping off her bony shoulders, strands of gray frizzy hair floating around her face, a smudge of red paint on her left cheekbone" (Moriarty 88)  The reason I belive this quote shows such great imagery is because the description is flawless. When I am reading this quote I can see the hair in her face and the paint on her left cheek. Not only does this paint a vivid image in my head but it allows me to get a better understading of the school principals character. It shows me that she is an older woman, and loves to play with children. The reason I know this is because the suthor says "gray frizzy hair" which shows me she is an older woman. She also says (red paint on her left cheekbone" which tells me she was with thge kids at the school. I think that this book has great imagery. does your book have the same?

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