Rhapsody On The Island Dialectical Journal

This passage gives readers an idea of what the island that they are stranded on is like. Since it is still in the beginning of the book everything is still calm on the island with very little violence, whereas in the end of the book the scenery of the island changes drastically with all the violence and savagery happening. Based on illuminating word phrases, eye-catching imagery, and bold descriptions, readers can get a feel as to what the island life is like with no adults around.
Throughout the whole story there are many word choices and phrases that make the story the way it is. The illuminating word phrases are a big part of this section of the book. The illumination makes all the words stand out from each other and make the island seem

like much more. Readers can almost get a feel of what the island is like just by reading about it. When the author says “the parachute flopped and banged and pulled.” That phrase sticks out so much with the way the author was describing the parachute coming down with the dead body in it. That illuminating phrase has almost a sense of horror with making it sound like this terrible thing falling onto the earth. In the passage stated “The figure fell and crumpled”Readers get a sense to what it was like. With this word phrase, a vibe is created as to what it was like. The authors illuminating word choices makes readers feel like they are living life on the island without any adults just by how lit up the author describes it as. Illuminating word phrases isn’t the only thing that shows readers what the deserted island is actually like, eye-catching imagery is another part that proves readers.
The eye-catching imagery in this passage helps portray what the island is actually like.

The island is still super calm with no one killing each other and the kids’ survival techniques haven’t really kicked in yet. The eye-catching imagery in this passage really gives readers an image in their mind as to what the island looks like while it is still calm. When the author says “A sliver of moon rose over the horizon, hardly large enough to make a path of light even when it sat right down on the water; but there were other lights in the sky, that moved fast, winked, or went out.” readers get an image as to what the surrounding is like. From what the author said readers can just imagine this cool summer night on a deserted island with a little light given off by the moon. Readers know that the island is super calm right now with the author describing the island as calm. Another example of eye-catching imagery in this passage from the book is when the author says “There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars.” When the author says this, readers get a sense of living the deserted island life. Readers can tell that there was obviously something in the sky that startled them if it was like a “bright explosion”. These examples really catch readers eyes and make them think deeply about what it is actually like in the book. Eye-catching imagery isn’t the only thing that shows readers what the deserted island is actually like, ebold descriptions is another part that proves readers what is actually happening in this

story.
Bold descriptions also help set the islands description in this part of the story. The bold descriptions help readers get an idea as to what things look like just by how much the descriptions stick out compared to everything else. One example in this passage that is boldly indiacted is when the author states “a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs.” From this phrase in the passage readers get a description of a dead body coming down in a parachute. Although, the way the author describes it, it makes readers be able to get in image in their head of this dead body in a parachute just slowing coming down to land. Another phrase in the passage that has a bold description is when the author writes “The figure fell and crumpled among the blue flowers of the mountain-side, but there was a gentle breeze.” When the author says this, readers can get an image of this dead body in a parachute on this nice mountain-side with the wind blowing making the parachute blow slightly. The bold descriptions helps readers imagine what the island is like.
Throughout the whole story there are many word choices and phrases that make the story the way it is. The illuminating word phrases are a big part of this section of the book. The illumination makes all the words stand out from each other and make the island seem like much more. The eye-catching imagery in this passage helps portray what the island is actually like in terms of there being no adults. Bold descriptions also help set the islands description in this part of the story. The bold descriptions help readers get an idea as to what things look like just by how much the descriptions stick out compared to everything else. Based on illuminating word phrases, eye-catching imagery, and bold descriptions, readers can get a feel as to what the island life is like with no adults around. All of the descriptions, imagery, and word phrases helps readers feel as if they could be on the island themselves just by imagining what is is like by all these topics.