ELEVEN READERS CLUB 11/12 discussion

Strong/Poignant "word" image from the selection:

When night comes he lights the kerosene lamp which throws a shadow of this still-life against the wall so it flickers dark and alive. Let me now re-emphasize the extreme looseness of the structure of things. Whispered to him once.

Three new words:
-regatta
-mezzanine
-frieze

Two examples of rhetorical/literary devices:
"And this will not convert Patrick, whose loss creates venom." - Foreshadowing

"A deadhead touches him in the ribs, comes up under him, and Patrick hears himself shout out in the shriek of an animal." - Hyperbole

One sentence statement of your impressions/feelings/reactions towards the section:

It was so fast-paced how the fifth chapter showed the act of arson did by Patrick, he did it insanely because of the death of Alice.