Responce to blog#2

I believe that the author does a great job of just describing the scenery and the settings in the book. He makes everything seem as though it is alive and has human like characteristics. This is shown when he states "Everything was quiet-the weeds, the fields, the swaps-everything quiet"(96). He makes all these objects that aren't alive seem as though they all have the human-like characteristic of being quiet. Which in a sense makes the reader feel like all this non bionic things are really alive, creating a new character. Another way the author makes the setting seem like another character is when Ernest states "A light breeze had just risen up from the river, and I caught a faint odor from the sweet-olive bush which stood in the far right corner of the garden"(21). This is another case in which ernest uses such vivid imagery to the setting it makes you feel as though the things are coming to life. By Ernest using such great imagery and personification to this novel it makes the reader feel as though the setting is almost another character. I can't wait to read to more to see if he will put in more great insight on his setting decscription.