"The Jesuits index finger, which was already raised to illustrate additional tortures, remained suspended like a lightning rod above his head. People stopped breathing, and those whose heads had been nodding suddenly woke up. Senor and Senora del Valle were the first to react. They were swept by the panic as they saw their children fidget nervously. Severo understood that he must act before collective laughter broke out around them or some divine cataclysm occurred. He grabbed his wife by the arm and Clara by the neck and walked out dragging them behind him with enormous strides, followed by his other children, who stampeded toward the door. They managed to escape before the priest could summon a ray of lightning to turn them all into pillars of salt, but from the threshold they could hear his dreadful voice of offended archangel. Possessed... She's possessed by the devil! These words of Father Restrepo were etched in the family memory with all the gravity of a diagnosis, and in the years to come they had more than one occasion to recall them. The only one who never thought of them again was Clara herself, who simply wrote them in her diary and forgot them. (7)
This Passage occurs in the beginning of the book when Clara speaks during the Holy Thursday mass and says "Psst! Father Restrepo! If that story about hell is a lie, we're all fucked, aren't we..."(7) This catches everyone off guard and the passage is about how everyone reacts to it.
This Passage deals with the mood of Anger and Innocence.
1. "The Jesuits index finger, which was already raised to illustrate additional tortures, remained suspended like a lightning rod above his head." - This sentence uses a simile within it. They way the other relates the priests finger as a lighting rod was an accurate comparison because of how he is persecuting them as possessed. This relates back to the anger idea due to the fact of how lightning is closely related to the idea of anger ever since Greek mythology with Zeus.
2. "People stopped breathing, and those whose heads had been nodding suddenly woke up."- This sentence has a hyperbole in it. The over exaggeration of the people stop breathing gives the effect of suspense in the story. This connects with the idea of innocence because of the other people in the audience hearing what Clara had said.
3. "Senor and Senora del Valle were the first to react." - This sentence really doesn't have any literary devices, it was written just for advancing the plot.
4. "They were swept by the panic as they saw their children fidget nervously." - This sentence uses personification. Panic is given a human like trait which is to sweep people this makes the reader feel how quickly the panic got the family. This connects to the idea of Innocence due to the "children fidget nervously".
5. " Severo understood that he must act before collective laughter broke out around them or some divine cataclysm occurred." - This sentence has a metaphor within it. The metaphor is used to create a sense of innocence through laughter which connects the the main idea of the passage.
6. "He grabbed his wife by the arm and Clara by the neck and walked out dragging them behind him with enormous strides, followed by his other children, who stampeded toward the door." - This sentence has a Hyperbole within it. The exaggerated way the author makes the children seem running out of the church creates a sense of urgency. This connects to the idea of anger due to the "He grabbed his wife by the arm and Clara by the neck and walked out dragging them behind him with enormous strides".
7. "They managed to escape before the priest could summon a ray of lightning to turn them all into pillars of salt, but from the threshold they could hear his dreadful voice of offended archangel." - This sentence uses Allusion. The allusion is used to refer to biblical situations to convey anger which connects back to the main idea of the passage.
8. "Possessed... She's possessed by the devil!" - This sentence does not really have any literary devices but it does appeal to the idea of anger due to the reference of the devil which is generally thought of as hate and anger.
9. "These words of Father Restrepo were etched in the family memory with all the gravity of a diagnosis, and in the years to come they had more than one occasion to recall them." - This sentence has a metaphor and foreshadowing within it. The sentence gives the reader a premonition of whats going to happen in later in the story. This connects back to anger because of the severity of the situation and how angry Severno is because of Clara.
10. "The only one who never thought of them again was Clara herself, who simply wrote them in her diary and forgot them." - This sentence does not have any literary devices within it. It was written as an advancement in the plot. But this would be a connector to innocence due to how Clara just simply forgets about what happened.
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