Reading Assignment #8

The BoneMan's Daughter- Ted Dekker

    = kinesthetic
    =visual

 "The odd thing about hell was that it contained a piece of heaven, or at the very least felt like heaven. Peace was there, in the place of perfect fear. Or to be more precise, his peace was found in their fear. This alone was Alvin Finch's piece of heaven on earth.
   Alvin Finch had milky white skin, nearly perfect in every conceivable way. Soft and subtle like a young woman's, but smoother because he allowed no hair growth; preferring to shave and wax regularly; and because he'd always applied lotion, ever since his mother had given him his first jar of Noxzema skin lotion over thirty years earlier."


Questions and Answers:
1.) Why did you select this particular passage? Why did it appeal to you?
            -I picked this section because it describes the killer (whom no one else in the book has met yet). It's interesting to be able to know what the killer is like even when no one else knows about him yet.

2.) What type of imagery is most common in this passage?
         -Kinesthetic imagery is the most common type of imagery in this passage.

3.)What is the biggest snippet of imagery within this passage? Why is it so effective?
       -"Soft and subtle like a young woman's, but smoother because he allowed no hair growth..." This makes the killer seem more feminine, more vampire-like.

4.) Is the imagery positive or negative? How do you know? Give some words as an example to support this.     - The imagery used almost paints the killer as a good person. "soft and subtle", "[smooth]" these words are typically associated with positive things. Puppies are soft, cleanly shaven faces are smooth, good things are being described here. It kind of toys with one's mind.

5.) What mood/ emotion is being created by the author of this passage? How do you know? The mood is on the darker side. We've found out that this 'smooth' man is a killer.

6.) What is the purpose to this piece of imagery?
       -We've found out that this is the killer, we've learned some of his strange tenancies.