The Book Of Jon Analysis

Kaitlin Dixon

Prof. Cooper

CRWR 212

5/6/2014

Book of Jon

Throughout this reading I’ve been overwhelmed by the powerful imagery. The imagery that really began to infiltrate my thoughts was on page 11 and said, “Lights like shining asters melting at the edges, vagrant star-like pinpoints winking from the foothills.” The imagery in not only this sentence but this passage gives me the overall sense of being in a world where everything coexists, whether in peace or not. This is what I feel because of the transitions from light to dark, then into the lights symbolizing ideas lighting the world. This piece makes me feel like Sikelianos is trying to tie in the connections from one to another in daily life.

            Throughout this book, I enjoy the author’s use of flashback from other perspectives in order to give the reader new views of the man that is being discussed. On pages 18 and 19, I really enjoyed reading the little blurbs about stories that were told by Elayne. It adds a personal touch to the work, and even gives the reader a sense of recognition that this man, however flawed he may be, had other sides than what one person sees. To Elayne, this man is a crazy man who fought with her but also spent good time with her as well. He wasn’t always bad. I think the author is trying to show the reader to consider how a person acts in all different roads of life before judging them as a positive or negative person.

            In the rest of these works, I thoroughly enjoy the vivid imagery, many examples of simile and metaphor (including that on page 11), and other literary features. I love the way the author wrote this, especially her use of diction and style to format each piece perfectly for the reader. My interpretation of the pieces as individual members in a group was extremely reliant on the form she uses and the diction chosen to portray her father. I feel that she really connected to the audience. Throughout her works, she gives many different views of her father, including one that tells how she used to treasure the limited time they had together, but now realizes what a difference it has made in her life to know the truth about him. She uses her own new found (or developed) clarity in order to point out differences in her thoughts.

            I really enjoyed this work and liked the way it was written. The depth of the work, along with its well thought out organization really helped the reader move through the reading smoothly. I think the author did a wonderful job at capturing my attention, and letting her story flow through many different perspectives. She may or may not have met her own personal goals, but I believe that her work is well written and constructed.