Marley &Me
English 9
Grogan, John. Marley & Me: life and love with the world's worst dog. New York: Morrow, 2005. Print.
A) In the days immediately after we buried Marley, the whole family went silent. The animal that was the amusing target of so many hours of conversation and stories over the years had become a taboo topic. We were trying to return our lives to normal, and speaking of him only made it harder. Colleen in particular could not bear to hear his name or see his photo. Tears would well in her eyes and she would clinch her fist and say angrily, “I don't want to talk about him!” (Grogan, 276)
B) This quote is familiar to me because after one of our dogs had died, my family was silent for the rest of the day. She was a dog that we were really close to but, sometimes she got on our nerves because she got in the trash and wrecked the house. When the writer says, “The animal that was the amusing target of so many hours of conversation and stories over the years had become a taboo topic.” (Grogan, 276) This shows that the family was close to the dog and after the dog had passed away, it became a more disturbing topic for them to think and talk about.
C) The rhetorical purpose in this passage is dramatic irony and imagery. The writer achieves the use of dramatic irony by taking a dog that was amusing to the family and started a lot of family conversations, and it shocks the reader when the dog ends up getting put down. The writer also uses imagery to help the reader understand how much pain the family is going through after Marley’s death. The writer achieves the use of imagery by explaining how just hearing about Marley or seeing pictures of Marley would make tears well in their eyes and they would clinch their fist.
Grogan, John. Marley & Me: life and love with the world's worst dog. New York: Morrow, 2005. Print.
A) In the days immediately after we buried Marley, the whole family went silent. The animal that was the amusing target of so many hours of conversation and stories over the years had become a taboo topic. We were trying to return our lives to normal, and speaking of him only made it harder. Colleen in particular could not bear to hear his name or see his photo. Tears would well in her eyes and she would clinch her fist and say angrily, “I don't want to talk about him!” (Grogan, 276)
B) This quote is familiar to me because after one of our dogs had died, my family was silent for the rest of the day. She was a dog that we were really close to but, sometimes she got on our nerves because she got in the trash and wrecked the house. When the writer says, “The animal that was the amusing target of so many hours of conversation and stories over the years had become a taboo topic.” (Grogan, 276) This shows that the family was close to the dog and after the dog had passed away, it became a more disturbing topic for them to think and talk about.
C) The rhetorical purpose in this passage is dramatic irony and imagery. The writer achieves the use of dramatic irony by taking a dog that was amusing to the family and started a lot of family conversations, and it shocks the reader when the dog ends up getting put down. The writer also uses imagery to help the reader understand how much pain the family is going through after Marley’s death. The writer achieves the use of imagery by explaining how just hearing about Marley or seeing pictures of Marley would make tears well in their eyes and they would clinch their fist.