The Inheritance of Tools Analysis

1. Sander's most engaging example of powerful diction is when his thumb swelled after getting the call about his father's death. This is symbolic and powerful because it physically affects his and unconsciously captivates the reader.
2. A) "My cobbled-together guitars might have been alien spaceships, my barns might have been models of Aztec temples"

B) " If you're going to cut a piece of wood, you owe it to the tree to cut to the tree to cut it straight."

3. The gerbil section to the conclusion shows the growth of him and his daughter as the time passes, each thought overlapping the other like a timeline. 

4. The gerbil section's significance is that he chose to save his daughter by toughening up in spite of hearing the tragic news about his father's death. 

5. The grand events are connected to his father's death. He cannot save everybody, not even his father, but is capable of saving his daughter. 

6. The author's descriptions of the tools' timelessness shows the familiarity with which they are used and passed down. 

7. The final sentence is effective because it links to earlier memories he'd mentioned of his father. 

E.B White Analysis

1. White's attitude in the opening paragraphs connotes a sense of wistful longing. He is trying to tell a  story in the form of a flashback. The simple imagery he uses also creates a childish feel.
2. White uses details in paragraphs 1-6 to show that everything has remained the same since the last time he visited the lake. The man feels as though time has not passed when he describes that "there had been no years between the ducking of this dragonfly and the other one--the one that was part of memory."
3.
A)"...the hills that the sun set behind"-personification; provided more vivid imagery for the reader.
B)"the years were a mirage and their were no years"-metaphor; shows the extent of the year's duplicity.
C)" I would be in the middle of some simple act, I would be picking up a bait box...or I would be saying something..."-parallelism; emphasizes the simplicity of his act
D) "This was the American family at play"-cultural allusion; compares the people in front of him to a typical American family.
4. "... the water felt thin and clear and unsubstantial"-appeals to the sense of touch; the precision with which he recalls this memory may support his claim that time had not really passed at all.
5. He uses polysyndeton to gradually build up excitement, then brings us back to present time by switching verb tenses.
6. The specificy of details give readers a glimpse into his outlook on the lake as an adult. It also foreshadows a dent in time because there are motorboats that didn't used to be there when he was a child( or were, gutless obviously)
7. Ending the sentence with "and" adds suspense that is open to interpretation.
8. The final image of the essay is bittersweet. Seeing his own son do the things he used to do as he struggles with health problems brings him back to reality by marking the end of a chapter.
9. The large amount of "and"s used in this story adds to the flashback effect, as if all his memories as quickly flashing by of him. It builds up suspense.

Hunger Memory Reading Response

Rodriguez is constantly exotified because of his ethnic origins. He finds it hard to assimilate into a culture that constantly seeks to exploit him , as demonstrated by having been suggested to become a model. Not only to his looks play a role in this difficulty, but also his language. He presents that American assimilation is measured by a person's conformity to one cultural identity and abandonment of all others. For example, he points out his Spanish-yet-English-pronunciated name and refers to his story as an "American story". The author compares his identity to that of a Shakespeare's character, Caliban, who transcends his limitations by stealing Prospero's language. In the same way, Rodriguez exceeds the limitations hurled upon him by his language and uses that as a platform to launch his message regarding the importance of education and its vitality in bridging the gap between two different cultures. His success as a writer and speaker also validates this message.