Marija M.
Literary luminary
Bloomability
By: Sharon Chreech
Finished the book
Some interesting paragraphs and sentences that I found were...
1. On page 212 in the first paragraph it said...
There was a brief deadly silence following the avalanche, when the
absence of the rumble and thundering left a hollow emptiness, as if the roar of
the falling snow had sucked all the noise from the air."
I think that the details are amazing and powerful. They also just
made the beginning of the chapter interesting and made me want to read further
to see what will happen next. I also thought that how she explained what was
going on was amazing.
2. On page 122 in the 2nd paragraph first sentence…
“I thought about Uncle Max Aunt Sandy and Mrs. Sterling and the
teachers, and how often they must worry about keeping us safe.”
This sentence showed that Domenica cared about how others felt.
She was feeling this way when they were at Mt. St. Moritz and she saw that the
teachers were getting worried, which also made her worried for them, which
showed that she really cared. It was also interesting how she expressed it
through the rest of the book.
3. On page 223 paragraph two…
“They arrived just before dark, bursting into the lodge, staring
wildly around and swooping down on us when I waved a tentative glove at them. I
was very glad to see them; we all were. Calm Uncle Max. He would take over now,
and we were glad to let him.”
This paragraphed seemed like it used a lot of metaphors therefor
it was harder to understand. Many parts confused me even though I knew what was
going on before and then I figured out was happened after this paragraph and it
made more sense.
4. On page 230 paragraph one…
“Early the next morning, when we learned that Guthrie was finally conscious
and out of immediate ganger, Aunt Sandy and I jumped on the bed and whooped and
shouted: He made it! He made it! Then the phone rang again, and it was Lila’s
mother.”
This paragraph made me happy at first when I found out that
Guthrie was better. It was a good moment because he was in really great danger.
Then when Domenica and her Aunt were celebrating they got interrupted by a
phone call, from Lila’s mother. That is when the paragraph ended and it left
you thinking and wondering what the phone call was about. I knew that it was
bad because it just seemed like the paragraph ended with a dramatic pause.
5. On page 272 the last paragraph on the page read…
“Soon I could no longer see Switzerland or any land at all. I was
over the ocean, miles high, and I started thinking about Bybanks, wondering
what it would look like and how it would smell and how it would feel to seem
mother and father and Stella and the baby again and how soon Crick might come home.
Bybanks. What would I find in Bybanks? It would be an opportunity. I told myself.
A new life.”
This last paragraph explains how she feels when she is on her way
to go to Bybanks to finally see her family again. It also describes how she is
ready for a new life, again. It also explains how she wonders how it will be
like to see her family again.
