Simile-a figure of speech comparing two things using the words like or as  
Metaphor- a figure of speech that uses something to replace something else to make an analogy
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1.  They'd sob with sheer with sheer joy to find me, and whisk me of to our castle in Monaco or Romania and give me a maid that smelled like fresh sheets, and my own Bernese mountain dog, and my own phone line. (57) Simile
2.  She has a Mahhukar catheter, which looks just like her central line used to look and protrudes from the same spot on her chest. (57)  Simile
3.  Vern's face is like a soufle, caving in at the most unexpected places. (59)  Simile
4.  Vern shuffles his feet and stuffs his hands in his jacket, like Napoleon.
5.  A four hour surgery isn't exactly a walk in the park, either-you have a 1 in 3,000 chance of dying on the operating table. (59) Metaphor
6.  When she is tied to the bed I am her eyes and ears.
7.  My throat closes like the shutter of a camera.
8.  The information is endless, a series of darts thrown so fast I can not feel them sting anymore. (74)  Metaphor
9.  I f you can focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that is approaching. (76)  Metaphor
 

Some One's Keeper

     I am usually equally nice to people.  Almost the only exception is really when I don't like someone and try to stay away from them.  So I will use my two brothers as examples.  Even though my brothers and I may fight and are constantly staying even with each other I still really look out for them.  They are nine and twelve years old.  I don't spend time with many younger kids like them.  I say things that I wouldn't really say around many other kids their age.  I also like to teach them lessons.  Usually if we are even we will help each other stay and get out of trouble.  We will actually plot.  I may be harsh sometimes, but it's because I am looking out for them.

Introduction to "My Sister's Keeper"

     Jodi Picoult is the auther of My Sister's Keeper and many other books.She was born in Nesconset Rhode Island and then moved to New Hampshire at thirteen.  Her family was Jewish but did not practice.  She went to college at Princeton University and then later got her Master's Degree at Harvard University.  She married a man she met in college and they had three kids.

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     I expect this novel to be somewhat suspenseful.  I also expect it to be an emotional rollercoaster at some point for the sisters and their family.  There will be parts in the story of arguing and problems between people.  I will read and just wait to see what happens.  It seems like it will be a book about a series of problems that all go together to form the big picture.  The big picture is keeping the sister with leukemia alive and possibly cure it while the family tries to live a normal life.  

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"The Great Alaskan Odyssey of Chris MacCandless"

Chapter and page #	Description/quote from novel	What impression you get about Chris with this character trait or description?
Mrz. Z’s EX: Chapter 1, page 4	“Five feet seven or eight with a wiry build, he claimed to be 24 years old and said he was from South Dakota.  He explained that he wanted a ride as far as the edge of Denali National Park, where he intended to walk deep into the bush and ‘live off the land for a few month.’”	Chris is not physically fit for walking into such a dangerous environment.  He seems a little crazy.
Chapter 2 Pg 13	“The remains were so badly decomposed”  “no massive signs of broken bones or internal injury”	Chris either ate something that he shouldn’t have, got sick, or starved to death.
Chapter 3 Pg 15	“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence.”  “I should not be denied that footloose has not always been exhilarating to us”	Chris doesn’t like to spend time in one spot.  Chris doesn’t want to live an ordinary and boring life.
Chapter 4 Pg 28	“in his impatience he drained the (car) battery”  “McCandless was exhilarated”	MacCandless doesn’t take anything for granite and likes to live life to the fullest.
Chapter 5 Pg 39	“spent July and August on the Oregon Coast”  “itchy feet”	MacCandless likes to be on the move and making as much progress as possible.
Chapter 6 Pg 48-51	“made an indelible impression”  “extremely intelligent”	Chris effected many people’s lives and was extremely smart.
Chapter 7 Pg 62	“We was counting on Alex being back at work by now”  “with a big old backpack slung over his shoulder”	Chris was extremely dependable.  He was also a very hard worker.

Chapter 8                       “Alex is a nut”  “Personally I    Chris was frowned upon people

                                        see nothing positive”                   who didn’t know him.  He didn’t

                                                                                               care though, because he was

                                                                                               having fun and liked life.

Chapter 9                       “Alex Supertramp/May 1992”    Alex was all about starting a new 

Pg 89                               “adopted a new name”                life.  He thought that his old life

                                                                                                was empty and boring.

Chapter10                      “congenial youth”  “The guy       Alex was confident and prepared

Pg 99                               in the pictures was Alex”             for what he wanted to do.  Alex

                                                                                                Was good at what he did but

                                                                                                 something unexpected may have

                                                                                                 happened that killed him.

Chapter 11                     “so much compassion”  “gave      Walt McCandless says that Chris

 Pg 104                            everybody the slip”                        was an extremely good person. 

                                                                                                 What he doesn’t understand is

                                                                                                  Chris could just leave his family.

Chapter 12                      “graduated from Woodson             Chris was smart and knew how

Pg 117                              High”  “was good at almost            people worked.  He wasn’t just

                                          he ever tried.”                                  physically good at things.  His

                                                                                                     mental state plays a big roll in

                                                                                                     in things and he is a smart

                                                                                                     person cycologically. 

Chapter 13                       “his expression was                         Chris’s facile and body

 Pg 128                              identical”  “with an                        expressions tell what he is

                                          affectionate smile”                           feeling.  They also show that he

                                                                                                     is a very hard person to read

                                                                                                     when he wants to be.

Chapter 16                        “he wasn’t what you’d call             McCandless was a person

Pg 159                                 a typical hitchhiker”  “was            looking for himself and did

                                            a dandy kid”                                    not just do what he did because

                                                                                                      he was crazy.  He was happy

                                                                                                      doing what he did.

Chapter 17                         “had no topographic map”            MacCandless didn’t have a lot

Pg 177                                 “was ridiculously                            the stuff he should have. This

                                             ill-prepared”                                    is the way he wanted to live

                                                                                                       though.

Chapter 18                          “refuge in nature”                          MacCandless wanted to get                     

                                            “ Happiness only good when          away from his messed up

                                            shared”                                             family and career life. 

                                                                                                       he was happy and was going to go                                                                                              

                                                                                                      home.

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