Grade 10 - Blog post Six

She's Come Undone
By Wally Lamb

The novel I am still reading this week is "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. As I progress further in this book, I find out more about Delores. So far, I have read that the girl Delorn es was a happy child all up until her parents divorced. She then moved to her grandmother's with her mother and hasn't seen her father since. At her new school, she tries to fit in as best as she can, but finds that her attitude changes a lot, and she is an outcast. As she gets older, she changes entirely, and continues to build lies to hide herself as she attempts to change who she use to be.

One poetic device I found that was used within the narration of "She's Come Undone" is Personification. Personification is the use of giving nonhuman things human characteristics. For example ; The thunder grumbled like an old man. The poetic device gives the thunder a characteristic of acting like an old man.

"The morning light was weak and gray." (Lamb, 232) Is the quote used in the book that shows personification well.

The purpose of using this device in this scene is to help the reader feel the mood of the scene that the author is trying to show. The significance of using this would also be to link the character's mood with it. It shows that the character is waking up early, to a dull day. Usually when things are gray and dull, people aren't happy. This also helps the story over all because they help the audience connect with the characters and the setting with the way the give things characteristics.

Grade 10 - Blog Post Five

She's Come Undone

By Wally Lamb

The novel I am reading this week is "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. Though I have not gotten that far into the book, I have read that the girl Delores was a happy child all up until her parents divorced. She then moved to her grandmother's with her mother and hasn't seen her father since. At her new school, she tries to fit in as best as she can, but finds that her attitude changes a lot, and she is an outcast. She becomes rude and different overall.







1) In your blog post this week, describe ONE social issue present in your current novel, prove it exists with direct references to the text and then explain its purpose to the story.

With all of the strange and new changes in Dolores's life, especially changing schools, she finds that she struggles with the social issue of disrespect. In her new school, Dolores starts out fine, all until she meets the kids of the school. " "Hey kid!" Rosalie shouted down to me on my very first trip to Connie's. Her sister hung over the railing, smirking and eating from a bag of potato chips. "You stuck-up or something? Got a broom stuck up your ass?" Behind her, the four seasons wailed in their scratchy falsettos " (Lamb, 42) and " 'That's a good record you're playing. I'm really enjoying it.' Rosalie mimicked back. Both girls brayed like donkeys." (Lamb, 42). This direct quote shows disrespect towards Dolores because on her first day of school, she tries to make friends with a girl named Rosalie and her other friends. Even though they don't know her, they made fun of her for no reason and mimicked her which is showing disrespect. The purpose for having disrespect in this story, I believe is to help develop Dolores into the person she will end up being further on in the story, which will help the plot greatly.