In Ally Carter’s Heist Society, a teenage girl joins the family business of being a thief, when she realizes what it means to be a thief. Carter’s diction is simply common yet conversational conveying a relaxed playfulness. Deflating the common belief that thieves want everything Carter writes “thieves aren’t supposed to want too much” which is ironic but completely true. Thieves can only want as much as they can get up and walk away from. Thieves are constantly moving and changing if you don’t want to be caught. Carter keeps a teasing tone using stereotypical images of thieves such as “No gloves?” and a response of “Not on my day off.” Even though the laws of thieves are to not want too much Kat, the main character, realizes “no thief is ever supposed to love anything as much as she loved him” him being her father. Carter thought the story has plain diction that puts meaning behind simple words.Thursday, March 22, 2012
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In Ally Carter’s Heist Society, a teenage girl joins the family business of being a thief, when she realizes what it means to be a thief. Carter’s diction is simply common yet conversational conveying a relaxed playfulness. Deflating the common belief that thieves want everything Carter writes “thieves aren’t supposed to want too much” which is ironic but completely true. Thieves can only want as much as they can get up and walk away from. Thieves are constantly moving and changing if you don’t want to be caught. Carter keeps a teasing tone using stereotypical images of thieves such as “No gloves?” and a response of “Not on my day off.” Even though the laws of thieves are to not want too much Kat, the main character, realizes “no thief is ever supposed to love anything as much as she loved him” him being her father. Carter thought the story has plain diction that puts meaning behind simple words.
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I liked your descriptive language, but I think you used to much summary and not enough analysis.
ReplyDeleteReally good, I enjoyed reading this, but maybe you could focus a little more on your choice of diction.
ReplyDeleteThis was an okay analysis, I would have liked to have seen a higher level of diction and quotes that actually tie into the context of the novel, but it was a nice effort.
ReplyDeleteRather than giving a sort of book review, analyze a particular paragraph of the book. Also, try to add some challenging words. Good though :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds more like a book review than the analyzing that Mr. Hill was trying to teach us. I love your blog though!
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