So far, my favorite character is Esmeralda's mom.
"Mami hummed softly, the yellow and orange flowers of her dress blending into the greenness: a miraculous garden with legs and arms and a melody. Her hair, choked at the nape with a rubber band, floated thick and black to her waist, as she bent over to pick up sticks, it rained across her shoulders and down her arms, covering her face and tangling in the twigs she cradled."
The author creates great characterization by describing her mothers outfit as a garden which can show that her mother has a colorful personality and many layers to herself, since no garden is completely uniform. I think it would be fun to describe my sister, since we've been stuck with each other since i was born. She is a very happy, peppy person. Shes always dancing around the room or singing any song shes heard in the past 48 hours, or laughing and telling corny jokes. Every aspect of her life has music in it. Her colorful and crazy personality is matched by her colorful outfits. Her constant loud singing can be annoying, but its who shes always been and how shes always acted so you get used to it. Shes taken dance classes since she was little so she constantly dances as if shes performing every where she goes.
I think, also, that the part about the hair is sort of a symbol for restrained chaos, the way a garden is. In addition, there's that element of wildness, and creativity that comes across in the description, that seems similar to nature. Not exactly tame, but beautiful all the same.
ReplyDeleteI love the imagery the author uses to describe her mom's personality. I think the fact that she said her hair "rained across her shoulders and down her arms" illustrates further the idea of her mom's personality to be like a garden. Because had she said her hair falls down her shoulders it wouldn't have encouraged her wild characteristics as much.
ReplyDeleteI love how the author described her mother as a garden. It is a very descriptive word that could have multiple meanings to it. It is like instead of just saying that her mother wore a lot of color, I like how they she found a cool way to say it that is a little bit more exaggerated and funny than just she wore a lot of colors.I also found it cool that you tried the authors methods by describing your sister.
ReplyDeleteI think the author used great characterization and figurative language when describing Esmeralda's mother. "Her hair, choked at the nape with a rubber band, floated thick and black to her waist..." This descriptive sentence if her mother really shows how she view the beauty of her mother’s hair. Showing that the rubber band is strangling the beauty out of it.
ReplyDeleteI think the author used great characterization and figurative language when describing Esmeralda's mother. "Her hair, choked at the nape with a rubber band, floated thick and black to her waist..." This descriptive sentence if her mother really shows how she view the beauty of her mother’s hair. Showing that the rubber band is strangling the beauty out of it.
ReplyDeleteThe author used an amazing, unique description for Esmeralda. And I think that is how it should be. When describing a character, it should have the imagery that is easy to focus on. Like it's easy to picture, with things that go well together. It splits up the personality and physical part of who the person is. Creating many layers of the person, so the character sounds different to the reader.
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