Question

Why do you think Brooks chose to tell the history of the haggadah is reverse chronological order instead of starting when the book was made.

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Do you think Hanna will ever be able to cope with her issues and find true love?

Aimee- Week Four: Thought-Provoking Question

Is there anything all the "people of the book" have in common? Why do you think Brooks created each of the "people" to protect the Haggadah?

Week Four

Welcome to Week Four!

For this week's blog you will post a thought-provoking question that does not have only one answer. Remember that you must make 10 comments this week, not 5. Please do not leave this until the last minute, you have the whole week to get it done.

Post 5 Question

Will all the characters and their stories merge in ways other than the Haggadah or is that the only thing they all have in common?

Figurative Language

One thing I like about how Brooks writes is how she explains everything in detail like when Lola returns to Sarajevo "She smelled the familiar city scents of wet pavement, rotting garbage, and burning coal." This really helps create a picture in the readers mind and makes the book more interesting and easier to connect to. I also like how Brooks uses similies in her writing like when she explains the library that Serif is hiding the haggadah  in the mountains. "The walls were white, each with stone laid alongside the next with the precision of an elaborate jigsaw puzzle." I am enjoying this book a lot so far and like how it keeps your attention. 

Figurative Language & Literary Elements

I am really starting to enjoy this book. The stories that Brooks writes about aren’t only interesting, but very moving and not as you would expect. The new characters in each chapter add so much more to the importance of the Haggadah. Reading through with completely different point of views is really intriguing, you never get bored, and if you don’t like the character you don’t have to read about them for too long. As far as figurative language goes, I have to say I really enjoy Brooks’ style. The way the characters describe their setting is great. “The apartment was dark, and smelled bad. The unusual scents of leather and size were overlaid with ranker aromas of unwashed clothes and rancid meat” (122). They reach most of your senses and you can not only picture the place, but smell it also. Another thing that I really like about the figurative language in the book is how it’s used when people express their true emotions. “He allowed himself to be exposed to the broken, sobbing figure in front of him, and to be moved, not as a doctor is moved by a patient, to a safe and serviceable sympathy, but as a human being who allows himself full empathy with the suffering of another” (126). Aside from the setting and how it’s fully described, the expression of feelings is really touching. You can feel someone else’s pain.