In The Heat Of The Road Rhetorical Devices
Allusion:
Henry didn’t mind sitting in the back of the bus. But for some reason Sheldon seemed to resent it. Grousing once in a while about how this was the Northwest and not the Deep South and the bus driver had had no business jerking his thumb toward the back of the bus when he and Henry boarded. Page 214 |Explanation:
Henry and Sheldon are heading out to meet Keiko at the new camp and are told to go to the back of the bus by the bus driver. Though Henry is fine with this Sheldon complains which is a reference to the Civil Rights Movement and the Bus Boycott. Just as Rosa Parks had complained about not being able to sit in the front (although she took action upon it) Sheldon did too. | |
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“I don’t |In this scene Henry’s father explains to Henry his intentions for|
|understand.” |him to speak English coming out grammatically incorrect in a |
|His father slapped his face. More of a light tap really, just |manner of speaking considered Chinglish which is a dialect of |
|something to get his attention. “No more. Only speak you |English. |
|American.” The words came out in Chinglish. Page 12 | |
|Epiphany: |Explanation: |
|His father pointed at the door. "If you walk out that door--if |Here, Henry, has been discovered harboring pictures of Keiko’s |
|you walk out that door now, you are no longer part of this |family by his family. He gets into an argument with his father |
|family. You are no longer Chinese. You are not part of us |and his father throws all the pictures out the window. Henry
Henry didn’t mind sitting in the back of the bus. But for some reason Sheldon seemed to resent it. Grousing once in a while about how this was the Northwest and not the Deep South and the bus driver had had no business jerking his thumb toward the back of the bus when he and Henry boarded. Page 214 |Explanation:
Henry and Sheldon are heading out to meet Keiko at the new camp and are told to go to the back of the bus by the bus driver. Though Henry is fine with this Sheldon complains which is a reference to the Civil Rights Movement and the Bus Boycott. Just as Rosa Parks had complained about not being able to sit in the front (although she took action upon it) Sheldon did too. | |
|Dialect: …show more content…
“I don’t |In this scene Henry’s father explains to Henry his intentions for|
|understand.” |him to speak English coming out grammatically incorrect in a |
|His father slapped his face. More of a light tap really, just |manner of speaking considered Chinglish which is a dialect of |
|something to get his attention. “No more. Only speak you |English. |
|American.” The words came out in Chinglish. Page 12 | |
|Epiphany: |Explanation: |
|His father pointed at the door. "If you walk out that door--if |Here, Henry, has been discovered harboring pictures of Keiko’s |
|you walk out that door now, you are no longer part of this |family by his family. He gets into an argument with his father |
|family. You are no longer Chinese. You are not part of us |and his father throws all the pictures out the window. Henry