quotes that explore what the reader might learn about Dave in his work with the Might team.
'We place an add with the local media organization, saying that we are not this and we are not that, that this will be, unless something bizarre or terrible happens, the very first meaningful magazine in the history of civilization'
Repetition is used to show that Dave knows there is no hope yet still continues with his ideas almost as if he has hope.
Adjectives bizarre and terrible show Dave as someone who has to link everything to a bad theme(death) by Dave doing this it indicates he feels as if people pity you or give you more opportunities in life almost a guilt trip as he he repeates this theme of pity him through out the book.
'We seek out alliance with others, like us, who are taking a formless and mute mass of human potential are attempting to make it speak, sing, scream to mold it into a political force'
Alliteration is used to express how Dave is and how he expects others to react, his emotions are on a rollercoaster and doesn't express them in the conventional way.
'We seek out alliance with others, like us' this shows Dave feels comfortable with people who are similar to him, who don't judge him and his past as they have been through it, Dave shows he wants acceptance into society for him and Toph and even this magazine.
'Of course, we, and our magazine, can't let on that we're part of this scene, or any scene.
By Dave saying 'we' it shows he's is relating not just to himself but to everyone, he wants to be part of something yet be an individual. The possessive pronoun 'our' shows Dave has something of his own he owns something and is proud.
Good - link the inclusive pronouns "we" and "our" to the pronoun phrase "like us" to make your point about how Dave wants to feel acceptance - Might is like home/family for him.
ReplyDeleteWhen they state what they "are not" using repetition, they are railing against the kind of publications that have come before - Dave is stating his intention to be different, which he does elsewhere in the memoir e.g. when he says they will create a new domestic template or when he describes himself as standing out from everyone else at the open house who is "ugly".
His positive language about Might does indicate the hope for the future - the hyperbole in Might being "the very first meaningful magazine in the history of civilisation" is tongue in cheek but reveals his naive excitement too - we may infer that he partly means it.