The White Darkness

Prompt: Imagery and Figurative Language
Pages Read: 0-97

The White Darkness doesn't have much imagery in it. It does have some parts though. The parts that do,  are from the setting, or the character's actions. A part of the book said "God sketched Antarctica, then erased most of it again, in the hope a better idea would strike Him." Sym observes, "At the center is a blank whiteness where the planet isn't finished. It's the address for Nowhere...it mesmerized me. The idea of it took me in thrall. It was so empty, so blank, so clean, so dead." When I read this part it made me try to paint a picture inside of my head, but it wasn't very easy. Another way the author showed imagery was "I like people. I like watching them. It's just I'd prefer to do it from a mile away using very powerful binoculars." This quote let me visualize how the main character would act around real people, or just strangers in general. 

The main character, Sym, has and uncle and his name is Uncle Victor. He is a very wise and smart man, so he uses a different kind of language than everyone else. The author uses figurative language to improve and influence the meaning of the text. In this book, there isn't a lot of any kind of figurative language and if there is, I can't seem to find it. The book is basically based on imagery because Sym has an imaginary relationship that distracts her from what is really happening. Her uncle took her on a surprise trip to Antarctica, but Sym doesn't figure out what he is actually trying to do. The weird thing about this book is that the guy she "loves", is dead. In the book it said "I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now--which is ridiculous, since he's been dead for ninety years. But look at it this way. In ninety years I'll be dead, too, and the age difference won't matter." She always explains how her "love" looks and how he would treat her if she were dead also.

This book is really interesting because it has a different theme than other books I usually read. The genre is realistic fiction, but it's not like other books that I have read that are the same genre. It is a book filled with action, mystery and a little touch of supernatural. I really enjoy this book because of all of the imagery, and the smallest parts of figurative language!