That was all a shark could ever leave behind” #20: “A shark’s tooth, cold and sharp – a perfect blade everything that a shark was rotted and disappeared, everything but its jaw and its teeth. Technique: Anaphora, symbolism of the sea.Characters: Harry, Miles, Joe and Grandad”.And it would have been good, like this was.” And if Granddad hadn’t died then he definitely would have taken Harry fishing, too. It was just that he was too little, too small to go, when Granddad had been alive. And he knew that Granddad would have taken him. #19: “Maybe that’s why Joe and Miles liked it so much. Technique: Emotive language, visual imagery.He stayed among the piles of Granddad’s things left on the lawn-all the things that were no longer needed, no longer useful-and he wished that Joe would stay.” Technique: Descriptive language, symbolism, foreshadowing.He was only careful not to cut or bruise them, because once abs started to bleed, they kept on bleeding until all the liquid inside was gone. But he couldn’t think about them like that now. The way they pulsed and moved in the tubs, sensing the bright light and heat. #17: “He used to feel sorry for the abs when he was young. Technique: Truncated sentence, tactile imagery.Felt the people who had been here before, breathing and standing live where he stood. #16: “Harry picked up an abalone shell, the edges loose and dusty in his hands. Trauma, Memory and Grief Quotes from Past the Shallows #15: “Because the bank owned the boat now. Technique: implication that Harry is Uncle Nick’s biological son, truncated sentence, anaphora.Like someone had done something terrible to him.” And it made him sick the way Dad’s face was. #13: “You remember, don’t you?“…Dad pulled Miles in close, so close that his face was all Miles could see. Technique: Symbolism, situational irony.“For luck.” Miles looked up at George, his eyes full of tears. #12: “This is for you,” he said, and he put the tooth in his hands.
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