Style

"I've spent a lot of time weaving, but you'd never know it from my hands. With threads, hair and twisted fabric, I weave in fragments of myself, bits of other people. I weave in lies, and I weave in love, and in the end it's hard to know if one keeps me warmer than the other. And when I'm done, I life the rug from the loom and study it in my fingers. When I back away five feet, it's bluer or more knotted than I'd remembered. And from twenty feet, it grints at me when all along, I'd thought it pouty. I ask myself, "Is that //my// rug?" But like anything I make, the rug is never mine. I tell my eyes not to see so much at one time. I flip it over, and from the back, it weeps like someone lost. Like all lies, love, stories, it is imperfect, but I could walk on it. I could fold it over the edge of my bed and use it for a blanket or hang it on the wall. Instead, I wrap it over my shoulders, wear it like a shield, covering myself with a tapestry of views." -Ninah (p.1-2)

Characteristics of Style:

1. Very simple speech, yet can be understood on different levels. Basic vocabulary. Not intimidating. light, flighty, colloquial 2. Tone is very experienced, wise. 3. Almost every event has a hint of foreshadowing. (or very obvious foreshadowing) 4. So much imagery- you can see the rugs. Vibrant. 5. Teasing reader to read more, making Ninah and other characters feel real, wanting to get to know them, feeling as though you're in the story. 6. Fast paced, quick sentences keeps your attention, short phrases, moves you forward and keeps you guessing.

AP Question 1:

what is the significance of the "fragments of myself, bits of other people" Ninsh weaves ino the rugs? a) she loves the people she puts into the rugs b) c) d) e)