Post A

Depravity- corruption: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.

Altruistic- showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

In some of her wonderful examples of imagery, she compares things to adjectives and adverbs. She also uses very descriptive words:

"They had to walk through long slithering reeds that tickled her skin. Underfoot, the mud was warm and slimy. To Alice, it didn't feel like mud. It felt unspeakable. It felt obscene. She imagined that it was whispering to her to lie down in it. Come to me, the mud said, come to me Alice, like J.D. She kept going, through the mud, past it, and into the cool water. It grew colder as they walked out further, first up to Alice's knees, then to her hips, then to her waist. Her naked skin beneath the water had turned a yellowish green" (241).

I found another good example of similes in this chapter:

"He lifted his arms, stretching them far out on either side of his body, keeping his legs together, toes pointed, like Christ being crucified on His cross" (243).

"It would seem for many years afterward as if she'd raped herself" (251).
I think this may be foreshadowing. Maybe her and J.D.'s relationship will turn into something not good, something violent.

A theme I saw in this chapter was freedom. Alice basically said screw it to any rules she had known, and did what made her feel good.