Post A #3

Vocab

1. Idiom: a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people. n (105).
   
2. imperturbable: incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure. adj (129).
   

Figurative Language

1. "A moment later, a sleepy girl with tousled hair and sleepy eyes came into the room" (110). This is an example of personification because the girl's eyes are not people and cannot be sleepy.
   
2. "Nothing is too deep for you Jane. Do us a favor, don't cut me off at the knees" (102). This is an example of figurative language because Ender does not literally mean to cut his legs off, so it is something that is said that means something else.
3. "This man was unknotting the nets of my family, and stringing them whole again; but in the process he would find many secrets (133). This is an example of symbolism because there are no true nets in a family, but it is as if he is undoing what holds them together; i.e. nets.
   

Quote

1. "Now his tears washed Ender's neck as hotly as, a moment before, his urine had soaked Ender's thighs" (121). This is an important quote because it shows the early relationship between Ender, and essentially the entire Riveira family.
   

Theme

1. The present theme of this book is disunion because the colony is disunionized, along with the Riveira family and Ender.