Week seven post B

This post will compare and contrast the prior book I read Elephant Run and the current book I'm reading Person, Grace, and God. Frankly, I am amazed that these two books could be anything alike, for the books are of a different genre, so of course a different target audience. For example, Person, Grace, and God is targeting an audience of college students who have a few years of philosophy courses. Elephant Run on the other hand targets teenagers who are a year or two younger then myself. The major comparison both books have, is that they bring up subjects that are not often touched upon. In Elephant Run, the story took place during World War II in Burma, which for the western hemisphere rarely gets metioned when talking about that war. In Person, Grace, and God the author puts the defintion of personality into focus concerning theological terms. The major difference between the books is how much they differ in reading level. Elephant Run is made to target early teens, Person, Grace, and God targets and audience of a college level, which causes the vocabulary to much more difficult.

Theme week seven

The major theme in the part of the book I read was that personality in this book refers to one's own unique traits.

Quote week seven

"Being employed in this theological sense, personality is not to be confused with psychology's current use of the term, which, in textbooks and popular usage, refers to the individual's traits or dispositions, which countless others could share"(4). This is a very important quote to the book because it indicates what one of the major themes in the book is going to be.

Figurative language week seven

1. "When we cry, "Abba! Father!" we are enacting and confirming the gift of person hood, and we are entering into communion with all those who have ever thus spoken, and with all those who ever will do so" (9). This is example of figurative language because it emphasizes the power words can hold.

2. "[...] A fresco portrays a masked figure domininating an opponent. Near the head of the masked figure is written Phersu, in Greek letters (but following the Etruscan usage, the letters go from right to left)"(11). This is an example of figurative language because it describes the fresco so it is an example of imagery.

3. "This is because a face is a structure that whos forth meaning. It is transparent with the innocent, concealing with the devious, glowing with the joyful, grieving with the sad, indifferent with the bored.... A person's face is meant to be the signature of the character within; one cannon disengage the face from a certain interiority"(13). This is an example of figurative language because it describes the importance of the face on a human.