Friday, May 6, 2011

Picture: Kools

Quotations/ Literary Terms (2)

"Insanity comes in two basic varieties: slow and fast" (75)
Here, Susanna attempts to explain insanity in the sense that it is either "viscosity or velocity". She says it's not the onset or the duration but the intesity of the insanity.

Methaphors: "Dented tin spoons brimming with what should have been sweet but was sour, gone off, gone by without our savoring it: our lives." (55)
"Time is slow, dripping slowly through the clogged filter of thickened perception."
(75)
"There is too much perception, and beyond the plethora of perceptions, a plethora of thoughts about the perceptions and about the fact of having perceptions. Digestion could kill you!" (75)
"...it's impossible to approach that movement or activity without dislodging an avalanche of prethought thoughts." (77)
"A lethargic avalanche of sythetic though can take days to fall." (77)
"While you weren't thinking of it, it got a little smaller. But thinking of it makes it big again." (77)

Personification: "The immune system is half-asleep." (75)
"Repitition has blunted them." (78)


Paradox: " There are roots to the tongue. You've seen them, and if you put your finger in your mouth you can feel them, but you can't feel them with the tongue." (77)

Imagery: "Head falling onto pillow, head hitting pillow..." (76)

Motif: "Why is [your tongue] scratchy on the sides? Is it a vitamin deficiency?" (77) She keeps bringing up the idea that there is a vitamin deficiency in her body which is why her tongue is so bothersome.