Hamasa’s Comments (group member since Sep 13, 2012)

Hamasa’s comments from the ELEVEN READER'S CLUB group.

Blood Red Road Part1_pg1-60
Strong /poignment “word” image
Three New Words
Bellied: oppose/disagree/contradict
Shrieked: screech/ shout/howl
Scavenging: Cruise/ hunt /nose around
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
“To the bottom of the lake, I say..... To the ending of the earth.... to the moon...to the stars”_ Alliteration
Running fer home, fast as wolf dogs on the hunt”_ Simile, personification, paradox
Impression /felling toward this section
My impression on this section it’s interesting,, entertaining, tense, because everything that is going on with their life.
Blood Red Road Part2
Strong /poignment “word” image
Death water. Shift in sands, poor bastards. Living here, dying here. When live gone half a league or so, I turn an look. The settlement’s gone .Vanished Swolled by sands once more.
Three New Words
Embers: Ash, clinkers
Scum: residue, waste
Tincture: cast, colour, dye
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Sarcasm- You borrowed it, I says you said, oh, by the way, Mercy .I ‘m jest going after Saba .d’ you mind if borrow yer horse? An she said, oh no, please, go right ahead! An don’t worry for one second about my crippled old ankle....
Simile - Look at me with her small dark eyes, cold as stones.
Impression /felling toward this section
When I started reading this novel I found it difficult to get into the writing style, after reading I actually enjoyed it. In this section we see that Saba’s very stubborn and she tries anything to find her brother, Laugh. She has a little sister that she doesn’t like. She thinks she’s always come in her way. Along the way Saba and her little sister face brutal circumstances on their quest to find their kidnapped brother.

Blood Red Road Part 3
Strong /poignment “word” image
When we travel with the wind, stopping when it rests, movin when it blows, but it rests more’n it blows.
Three New Words
Despises: put down/look down / hate
Stallion: pony/mare
Reins: wheel/pedals
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Anaphora – I’ll be ready, I’ll know what to do an I’ll git us outta here.
Imagery – She’s got a knife. She reaches out an I cower back against the wall. She grabs the back of my neck in a tight grip. I feed you, water you an then I slit yer throat , She says.
Impression /felling toward this section
This section of the novel kept wanting to read furthermore, to figure out what is going to happen to Saba, and how she was she going to get herself out of the hands of the Cage master and Ms. Pinnch.

Blood Red Road Part4
Strong /poignment “word” image
The first star is out, An the moon .Every night closer, closer to where it ‘be at midsummer. There ain’t nuthin gonna stop it. We are in a race, the moon and me. An it’s a race I can’t offer to lose.
Three New Words
Scampers: hurry/hasten
Sprawl: Extend/drape
Girder: rafter/truss
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Metaphor - When Ma was alive she used to say , yer the night time, Saba, Lugh’s the day. I am the one who talks them too series. Lugh’s the one who smiles, makes you laugh. He’s good person, Lugh. He’s everything I aint.
Simile- He’s beautiful. Like Ma was .Gold hair like the sun.
Impression /felling toward this section
This section of the novel is gloomy because after Saba faces so many tragedy one after another, what I like about her character is that she doesn’t give up, she picks herself up and stands strong to what she believes.
Blood Red Road Part 5
Strong /poignment “word” image
The devil ain’t so easy to kill
Three New Words
Wails: carry on/weep
Shrill: piercing/noisy
Basin: watershed/ wash bowl
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Personification – It Wang my bowstring till Ash barks at me to stop or she’ll strangle me with it
Hyperbole - My heart is in my throat.
Impression /felling toward this section
I really enjoyed reading this last section of the novel because everything gets back to normal. Saba, Laugh and Amy they all get together. I really enjoyed reading this novel, although in the beginning it was slow ,later on I got so into the novel that I couldn't put it down until I finished reading it.

Blood Red Road Part1_pg1-60
Strong /poignment “word” image
Three New Words
Bellied: oppose/disagree/contradict
Shrieked: screech/ shout/howl
Scavenging: Cruise/ hunt /nose around
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
“To the bottom of the lake, I say..... To the ending of the earth.... to the moon...to the stars”_ Alliteration
Running fer home, fast as wolf dogs on the hunt”_ Simile, personification, paradox
Impression /felling toward this section
My impression on this section it’s interesting,, entertaining, tense, because everything that is going on with their life.
Blood Red Road Part2
Strong /poignment “word” image
Death water. Shift in sands, poor bastards. Living here, dying here. When live gone half a league or so, I turn an look. The settlement’s gone .Vanished Swolled by sands once more.
Three New Words
Embers: Ash, clinkers
Scum: residue, waste
Tincture: cast, colour, dye
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Sarcasm- You borrowed it, I says you said, oh, by the way, Mercy .I ‘m jest going after Saba .d’ you mind if borrow yer horse? An she said, oh no, please, go right ahead! An don’t worry for one second about my crippled old ankle....
Simile - Look at me with her small dark eyes, cold as stones.
Impression /felling toward this section
When I started reading this novel I found it difficult to get into the writing style, after reading I actually enjoyed it. In this section we see that Saba’s very stubborn and she tries anything to find her brother, Laugh. She has a little sister that she doesn’t like. She thinks she’s always come in her way. Along the way Saba and her little sister face brutal circumstances on their quest to find their kidnapped brother.

Blood Red Road Part 3
Strong /poignment “word” image
When we travel with the wind, stopping when it rests, movin when it blows, but it rests more’n it blows.
Three New Words
Despises: put down/look down / hate
Stallion: pony/mare
Reins: wheel/pedals
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Anaphora – I’ll be ready, I’ll know what to do an I’ll git us outta here.
Imagery – She’s got a knife. She reaches out an I cower back against the wall. She grabs the back of my neck in a tight grip. I feed you, water you an then I slit yer throat , She says.
Impression /felling toward this section
This section of the novel kept wanting to read furthermore, to figure out what is going to happen to Saba, and how she was she going to get herself out of the hands of the Cage master and Ms. Pinnch.

Blood Red Road Part4
Strong /poignment “word” image
The first star is out, An the moon .Every night closer, closer to where it ‘be at midsummer. There ain’t nuthin gonna stop it. We are in a race, the moon and me. An it’s a race I can’t offer to lose.
Three New Words
Scampers: hurry/hasten
Sprawl: Extend/drape
Girder: rafter/truss
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Metaphor - When Ma was alive she used to say , yer the night time, Saba, Lugh’s the day. I am the one who talks them too series. Lugh’s the one who smiles, makes you laugh. He’s good person, Lugh. He’s everything I aint.
Simile- He’s beautiful. Like Ma was .Gold hair like the sun.
Impression /felling toward this section
This section of the novel is gloomy because after Saba faces so many tragedy one after another, what I like about her character is that she doesn’t give up, she picks herself up and stands strong to what she believes.
Blood Red Road Part 5
Strong /poignment “word” image
The devil ain’t so easy to kill
Three New Words
Wails: carry on/weep
Shrill: piercing/noisy
Basin: watershed/ wash bowl
Two examples of rhetorical /literary devices
Personification – It Wang my bowstring till Ash barks at me to stop or she’ll strangle me with it
Hyperbole - My heart is in my throat.
Impression /felling toward this section
I really enjoyed reading this last section of the novel because everything gets back to normal. Saba, Laugh and Amy they all get together. I really enjoyed reading this novel, although in the beginning it was slow ,later on I got so into the novel that I couldn't put it down until I finished reading it.

The book that I chose to read is “Blood Red Road” by Moira Young. The book piqued my interest because when I first saw it, the title really stood out to me; it seemed like it had something to do with a murder mystery or some sort of crime. In the background there are a few mountains. I think it probably means that the protagonist overcomes a lot of hardship in the book because the mountains represent problems. The protagonist look like she is on a journey, walking against the wind, as if she has the courage and perservance to get through it no matter what. From what I read from the text, Saba (main character) is on a quest to get her twin brother back. This got my attention because I like the mixture of mystery and adventure, and love how it is combined all in a book; which makes the book more thrilling to read.
What interested me about the author Moira Young is that Blood Red Road has been nominated for several key awards both here and US. I have also heard from my friends how great the book is. When I heard that it was a sequel, I was really excited for it.