Throughout the book, a common tone is one of mystery. Lois Lowry uses mysterious words, phrases and situations to entice us to read on. She also uses tones of fear and sadness.
"It came as no surprise. Nonetheless, Kira's heart sank.(pg 13)" This is the moment when Kira learns that Vandara is planning to have her cast out to the field so they can have her cott. Using words and phrases of sadness, Lowry causes us to feel as Kira, and herself, feel at the moment."She nodded goodbye to the weaving women and headed back along the path toward the place where she had lived with her mother, the place where her cott had long stood, the place of the only home she had ever known. She felt a need to say goodbye.(pg 62)" This is the moment when Kira returns to the scorched remains of the cott where she lived with her mother. Lowry uses soft, slow, gripping phrases to make us feel sorry for Kira's misfortune.
"Is it true, that there be no beasts? Her thoughts framed the question, and her mind responded in a whisper to herself as the fabric lay curled warm in the palm of her hand. There be none. What of my father, then, him taken by beasts? Kira drifted into sleep,the words gliding slippery from her thoughts.(pg 127) This is the moment before Kira falls asleep, when she ponders what the dyer Annabella told her that day.
"It came as no surprise. Nonetheless, Kira's heart sank.(pg 13)" This is the moment when Kira learns that Vandara is planning to have her cast out to the field so they can have her cott. Using words and phrases of sadness, Lowry causes us to feel as Kira, and herself, feel at the moment."She nodded goodbye to the weaving women and headed back along the path toward the place where she had lived with her mother, the place where her cott had long stood, the place of the only home she had ever known. She felt a need to say goodbye.(pg 62)" This is the moment when Kira returns to the scorched remains of the cott where she lived with her mother. Lowry uses soft, slow, gripping phrases to make us feel sorry for Kira's misfortune.
"Is it true, that there be no beasts? Her thoughts framed the question, and her mind responded in a whisper to herself as the fabric lay curled warm in the palm of her hand. There be none. What of my father, then, him taken by beasts? Kira drifted into sleep,the words gliding slippery from her thoughts.(pg 127) This is the moment before Kira falls asleep, when she ponders what the dyer Annabella told her that day.
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