Outside Reading - Week 2, Post A

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

VOCAB
-citadel (149)-a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
-edifice (150)- a building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. "...as Castel Gandolfo came into view, rising against a star-filled November sky" (149). This is persomification for Castel Gandolfo, as the view got larger, it was tagged as the human action of rising.
2. "Gandolfo resembled a great stone monster pondering a suicidal leap" (149). This is a metaphor comparing the awkwardness of the mansion to a suicidal monster.
3. "Perched at the very edge of the cliff, the castle leaned out over the cradle of Italian civilization..." (149). This is more personification saying that this castle is leaning over a cliff, but is is truly stable.
QUOTE
"'Robert, i have a lot of things to tell you.' She paused, locking eyes with him as the taxi raced westward" (154). This is what Sophie tells Robert and it signals the begining of their more personal relationship, with many vital secrets revealed.
THEME
I amseeing the theme of no matter how fast you think, someone will always be thinking one step ahead of you.