Sunday, December 7, 2014
Conclusion
Overall the Testing is a suspensive, gripping, and a very great read. The books structure, tone and diction, and figurative language make it easier to see the side of the book the author wants you to see. Speaking of the author, her style was like no other, the sentences that were mostly thoughts of the main character, and you could definitely tell that the main character was a teenage girl in a bad situation. The main character has a good sense of what the Testing commitee is trying to do, its easily seen by the point of view. The final section of the book is the theme, its a pretty easy theme but my favorite part about the theme is to see it develop into something by the end of the book. There are so many examples of the theme which is "be careful what you wish for". The main example of the theme is definitely how at first she thought she wanted to be tested but when she gets tested she suddenly realizes that it is nothing like what she thought it was. Her friends start dieing and she sees what the Testing is all about. All the aspects and elements of the book make this a must read, I definitely enjoyed reading it and would highly reccomend it to anyone.
Figurative Language L3/L5
In the first section of the Testing, the figurative language is pretty light hearted. For example, "My insides do a flip. Then another." (Pg. 10) This is personification, because her insides really don't do a flip. However, it does show she is nervous about graduating from High-School, which is pretty common.
In the second and third sections the figurative language becomes a little more dark. The text reads "A moment later a nail embeds itself in Malchi's eye, and he drops to the floor like a stone." (Pg. 111)
Her friend has just been killed and the author uses the simile to show how the dead boy falls, lifelessly to the ground. Later on in that section and into the third section there is more figurative language to show the damage on the canidates, physically, and mentally. The figurative language really takes a bad turn in the fourth section.
For example "I free my fingers from my viselike grip and let Tomas clean the stinging open cuts with hot water." (Pg. 268) Cia has been bitten by a mutated human in the midst of the fourth examination, she has been infected and is now treating the infection. This just gives the reader a better understanding on how the Testing has affected Cia not only mentally, but physically too.
The last example of figurative language that helps the reader understand the text is also found in the fourth section, it reads "I blink as the small room fills with a voice that sounds like my own and listen as the voice speaks words I don't want to believe." (Pg. 325) Cia has recorded the happenings of the Testing into her brothers transit communicator. The Testing commitee has wiped her memory clean and now she, unlike any other canidates, knows everything about what happened during the Testing.
The figurative language in this book while only found mostly in sections 2 and 4, still definitely helps the reader see the gravity of the situations the main characters face. The Testing is a great book and the figurative language found in it, is only icing on the cake.
In the second and third sections the figurative language becomes a little more dark. The text reads "A moment later a nail embeds itself in Malchi's eye, and he drops to the floor like a stone." (Pg. 111)
Her friend has just been killed and the author uses the simile to show how the dead boy falls, lifelessly to the ground. Later on in that section and into the third section there is more figurative language to show the damage on the canidates, physically, and mentally. The figurative language really takes a bad turn in the fourth section.
For example "I free my fingers from my viselike grip and let Tomas clean the stinging open cuts with hot water." (Pg. 268) Cia has been bitten by a mutated human in the midst of the fourth examination, she has been infected and is now treating the infection. This just gives the reader a better understanding on how the Testing has affected Cia not only mentally, but physically too.
The last example of figurative language that helps the reader understand the text is also found in the fourth section, it reads "I blink as the small room fills with a voice that sounds like my own and listen as the voice speaks words I don't want to believe." (Pg. 325) Cia has recorded the happenings of the Testing into her brothers transit communicator. The Testing commitee has wiped her memory clean and now she, unlike any other canidates, knows everything about what happened during the Testing.
The figurative language in this book while only found mostly in sections 2 and 4, still definitely helps the reader see the gravity of the situations the main characters face. The Testing is a great book and the figurative language found in it, is only icing on the cake.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Point of view RL6
The point of view in the Testing is first. The main characters name is Cia Vale and she talks about her own individual expiriences and thoughts throughout the Testing. She meets canidates and they form relationships, some better than others. But the reader can not see the other characters thoughts, nor their actions throughout the Testing,
A great example of how the first person point of view is shown is found in the fourth section when the text reads "There was one time Tomas and I were seperated. And I know. The bracelet. The dried blood on Tomas's knife. The haunted look in his eyes. Will's words that Tomas is not who I think he is. The canidates that Will and Tomas met while I was gone. Now some unnamed male from Colorado Springs Colony. Zandri." (Pg. 307) Cia left Tomas alone and now she is supicious about him killing another girl from 5 Lakes Colony which would be devastating, but she knows there is a possibility of it.
This just shows how this is obviously first person and how Cia has no idea what Tomas has done because the reader only follows Cia. It makes the book interesting but it still makes the reader wonder, its a tough line but the author, Charbonneau, follows it nicely, making the point of view of the Testing, just one more great thing about it.
A great example of how the first person point of view is shown is found in the fourth section when the text reads "There was one time Tomas and I were seperated. And I know. The bracelet. The dried blood on Tomas's knife. The haunted look in his eyes. Will's words that Tomas is not who I think he is. The canidates that Will and Tomas met while I was gone. Now some unnamed male from Colorado Springs Colony. Zandri." (Pg. 307) Cia left Tomas alone and now she is supicious about him killing another girl from 5 Lakes Colony which would be devastating, but she knows there is a possibility of it.
This just shows how this is obviously first person and how Cia has no idea what Tomas has done because the reader only follows Cia. It makes the book interesting but it still makes the reader wonder, its a tough line but the author, Charbonneau, follows it nicely, making the point of view of the Testing, just one more great thing about it.
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