Water for Elephants: Week 4, Post A

VOCAB: 1. calliope (162) - A musical instrument fitted with steam whistles, played from a keyboard
2. Vociferous (163) - Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
“Beaming like a proud father” (163). This is when August is beaming and getting really excited because the elephant, Rosie, is doing what he wants her to. This is a simile because it uses the word “like” to compare two things.
“Shh…” (165). this is an onomatopoeia, because it isn’t a real word that’s in the dictionary, but it’s a sound or noise said out loud by a character.
“Laughing at me, no doubt” (167). This is when Jacob is describing the look that Rosie gave him when he was trying to get her out of the innocent woman’s backyard garden. This is a personification because elephants can’t really laugh in real life.

QUOTE:
“Some things never change…and you can still tell the performers from the workers” (175). This quote is significant because it’s talking about the social status at the circus, but in general Jacob is mentioning that this is really the social status of the world everywhere one goes.

THEME:The theme of this book at this section is that you should help out your friends when they need help with something, especially if they’ve done something for you in the past.