Post A #7

Vocab

1. Pansexual: Pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality. Adjective (185).
2. Nephrology: The branch of medical science that deals with the kidney. Noun (201).

Figurative Language

1. Irony: "Throughout human history, we have dreamed of reaching the rich fat deposits locked tantalizingly beneath our skin. Now, with a scalpel, a plastic tube, and a household vacuum cleaner, that county is finally ours" (200). This is an example of irony because it is nearly all false but on purpose.
2. Metaphore: "Physics is the ultimate Big Government interference--universal laws meant to constrain us at every turn" (201). This is an example of a metaphore because it is comparing physics to our government without using like or as.
3. Imagery: However unpleasant, I couldn't come up with anything else so, "A surprising amount of zoologists' time is spent thinking of ways for pandas to get off. I say, no more funding for Sing-Sing to play with Ling-Ling's thing-thing" (205). As non typical this piece of imagery may be, it is still imagery to me because I have had some bad experiences and this creates a vivid picture in my mind using ALL five senses, however disgusting.

Quote

1. "REMEMBER: "While skin and race are often synonymous, skin cleansing is good, race cleansing is bad" (173). I hate to say it, but this just about describes the whole entire book.

Theme

1. An emerging theme in the book at the moment is race and how Stephen Colbert does not see them.