City Of Bones Sparknotes

Have you ever been through a tough time and your friends and family helped you through it? Did it make that tough time a lot easier? This is how Clary feels when she tries to find her mother she could have given up, but because of the people around her she didn’t. One important lesson readers can learn from Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones is you will do anything to save the people you love and care about. Clary is a seventeen year old girl who has never believed in mythical creatures, but when her mom goes missing and she gets attacked by a ravener demon, there is no doubt in her mind that the myths are real. Doing everything she can to find her mom Clary finds herself asking the shadow world for help. When Clary searches through her past, she finds many secrets that her mom hid from her. As she uncovers lies, she tries everything in her power not to break under pressure. With the help of everyone around her, Clary finds her mom along with a new surprise.
Instead of using words like ran and glide she uses zigzagged and skirted. Therefore, it catches the reader's attention. For example on pages 429 and 434 show how the words are being used. “She ran. She zigzagged around Pangborn, who barely glanced at her, skirted Blackwell’s body, and was out the door and in the corridor…”. Later on in this scene Clary finds Jace and tries to get him back home unsuccessfully. Not only does she risk her life to find Jace but she even faces Valentine for the first time because she cares about Jace. Although the book does not state that she did it because she cared for him we can infer that is the reason Clary went through it. The way the passage is put is how we can infer why she is going through all this trouble to save