Pig+on+a+Stick+-+Literary+Devices

Pig on a Stick
List and describe any literary devices used by the author. Make sure to explain the purpose and significance of these devices. It should go without saying, but textual support is required.
 * Literary Devices**

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"My skins getting tighter over my swollen mad __as__ a bullet self."** - this simile is the sister talking about herslf being mad as a bullet. - this simile is descibing a man's knuckles. - this simile is descibing the studebaker's tailights by comparing them to a snake. - this simile is describing "me's" feeling's. - descibing a man falling like a tree. - saying thay Aunt Beauty thinks of there house as being her dream dressing room. - talking about "me" getting her bicycle turned intoa motor bike.
 * Similes
 * "...holding out his knuckles hairy __as__ garlic roots"**
 * "Olivette and sister and me watch the studebaker tailights jitter __like__ rattles on a snake."**
 * "I'm mad __as__ a pig on a stick"**
 * "A man __like__ a tree falling over comes out of the house"**
 * "Aunt Beauty's always thought of our house __as__ her movie star dressing room."**
 * "He takes my bicycle a rigs up the lawn mower motor to the back wheel, gears and bike chains geinding __like__ a buzz saw."**

"Mama pulled on her tutu with her stomach bulging out towards Russia."** - the axaggeration of her mother's stomach "The floor fixing argument truned into one of those fights I call foundational between them." - using the word fundational
 * Hyperbole

"It's a ghost", Sister whines. "See thoste pink eyes".
 * Dialouge

Onomatpoeia "You might say she said it cause...but this time __her voice rang it up loud through the pipes and pronouced it like they do a school anoucement.__** - explanation (the underlined part)

"...her squash yellow hair," "...wheaty freckles," "...blackberry eyes,"**
 * Metaphor

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"...possess the pure ugliness of a barn rat." //(page 12)// "...her hair squash yellow, wheaty freckles, and blackberry eyes." //(page 14//
 * Metaphors -**
 * talking about Sister's appearance, and how she looked different and, in the eyes of Juney Mae, rather ugly. This utilizes imagery to both describe what the character looked like and give insight to the narrator's feelings towards her.

"Mad as a pig on a stick." //(page 10)//
 * Simile -**
 * Describing her feelings for her sister at the time. Juney May is angry, and hurt, like how a pig out be if it was forced on a stick.

"Eyes like a fish just before dying." //(page 12)// > **Symbolism -** The Wild Hog Peeing on the State Capitol The house ·
 * Describing wide eyes that are fearful and swollen.
 * It symbolizes the girls' fear, and how they overcome it. At first, they are close to terrified of the thing. They begin to get closer and closer, eventually able to touch it and even tease it. This is the sort of progress they make since their parent's departure, where at first they really struggle to survive, but finally find ways to manage.
 * The wild hog also symbolizes on of the antagonistic forces of the story: it continues to come back, threatening the girls' home and safety. It also jeopardizes at their emotional stability, terrorizing them until they begin to get over it, eventually when it is set free and they are cleared of this burden.
 * The aunt is showing that the government can try to control all it wants, but she is still a free person to do what she wants.
 * The aunt feels that the situation her family is in is unfair and that the government should be able to help give them a better life...or care.
 * She is making the state capital dirty, unclean, and vulgar with her act, which she feels refects the acts and people inside the building.
 * The aunt is angry about the decisions that people can no longer ride horses places, while the government is paying little attention to the people in poverty. The government is wasting efforts on pointless things.
 * As the children's parents fight and leave, the house seems to become more and more decayed and falling apart
 * This continues as the food becomes more scarce and the family becomes more desperate
 * When Juney May feels that she is strong and ready to face the future and make the best of things, the house collases, giving her the chance to start over with moving the mattress out to the yard
 * Symbolizes their lives and their shelter, being torn apart by fears and doubts
 * Foreshadowing -**
 * When the house collapses at the climax of the story, we already could tell that something wasn’t quite right with the house’s structure. The author talks about the bad floors in the house, as well as the shaking the night. Also, most times when the house is mentioned, the negative tone allures to being broken or damaged.

(lauren&hannah)