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h. Datum 8:
“-Life is look like a funny bone-“ P.161
Explanation:
In this sentence, the speaker compares the word ‘life’ to ‘funny bone’ with comparison word ‘like’. The sentence means that life is sometimes full of
happiness and sadness. In this life, there are no people who always laugh or feel happy, but sometime people cry and feel sorrow. Elizabeth who feels her life full
of pain, feels the happiness. Ivan conveys the sentence above to support Elizabeth’s heart. Even since she can see Ivan she finds new things that she never
found before, and she feels comfort to share her story or her life to Ivan, Ivan appearance changes her life so much, she become happier in living her life.
The word ‘life’ is compared to phrase ‘funny bone’. Logically ‘bone’ can make people stand as its function and ‘bone’ can hurt them as its age and its
decline function, but phrase ‘funny bone’ indicates sense of humor. The phrase means; it is funny as bone not only supports and makes people strong in doing
activities, standing, walking, but it also hurt them when it become weak and cannot support them anymore. Here is the quotation in the novel: ‘There’s another
thing that’s funny, funny bones, they hurt, but they also make you laugh. Like lots of thing in life.”
161 The implied theme from the figure of speech emphasizes on the way of someone to face the life that filled of happiness or sadness.
i. Datum 9:
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17 “-During the summer, this town is like a big powerful tree, strong and
visually beautiful-“ P.186
Explanation:
The dialogue describes the conversation between Elizabeth and Ivan when they get their breakfast in the town. Considering Ivan as a new comer of the town,
Elizabeth explains the condition of town that is crowded by local and international tourists. In this case, a big powerful tree which is considered by Elizabeth as
strong and visually beautiful is compared to town Baile Na gCroithe the town of heart in the summer.
The author points out the setting description of the novel. By using the sentence, the author transfers the interesting image of tiny Irish town that can push
readers’ imagination to absurd the effects creation of the author. The word ‘town’ resembles to a big powerful tree, full of leaves, shady,
has strong stem, and adds the beauty of town, it describes that people of town are looking forward eagerly for summer time. It is a cheerful season, there will be too
many people gathering in town, they enjoy sunshine, make a trip or party, and have fun in town. The author identified the word ‘strong’ as the situation of the
town and the phrase ‘visually beautiful’ as description of town panorama that become prettier in the summer.
j. Datum 10:
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