Quote 1 and Response "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."
In this quote the author argues through a metaphor that life was beginning again, both for him and nature. The author uses the changing of seasons to symbolise the change in his life. He expresses that it was "familiar" and that it was "beginning over again," displaying that he had experienced changes such as this before and that they occurred quickly such as they do in movies. He also argues that they happened in "great bursts" to show that they occurred in groupings instead of a steady line, and by using the word"great, he argues that not only are the changes immense, but significant also.
Quote 2 "The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens — finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run."
Within this quote, the author personifies the grass to argue that it has a mind of it's own and works in harmony with items around it. He furthers the personification by stating that it had "momentum" in the way it moved from the beach to the house, and that just as a runner has "momentum" and finds it difficult to stop suddenly, so does the grass. He also states the grass jumps, as if the grass is flowing from one spot to another with a gap in the middle, almost as similar to jumping. By personifying this, he argues that the grass has a mind of it's own and that it can think and move.
Quote 3: "She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can."
With this, the author arguess that even though she is older, and slightly unattractive, she carries herself and has a presence as if she was beautiful and young. He also states that some women, have that ability to carry themselves that way, even though they may not fit the description of a beautiful woman. The author furthers her unattractive quality by stating that her flesh was "surplus," a word typically used for other things, and not for describing a woman.
Quote 4: " I wanted to get out and walk southward toward the park through the soft twilight, but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild, strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair."
In this quote, he argues that a force pulls him back, such as an argument may tempt him back into speaking, or coming back. He further describes this argument by describing it as if it tied him down, and was purposely keeping him from progressing forward. In this, he simply is able to try, but is entangled by the "wild" argument that kept him from walking. In this, he feels strapped or tied onto a chair, even though he is not.
