Fire and Forget Response

Tips For A Smooth Transition    

“Her husband groans and Evie wonders what images wrack him: cars that won’t stop at checkpoints, the hiss of a mortar too close, smoke and gunfire”(Fallon 30).

Imagery

After Colin comes back home from being deployed in the military, Evie soon realizes that he starts having night terrors. Evie is using her imagination to picture what horrible things he could have experienced on the battlefield. The author’s message is that Evie is concerned about the condition her husband is in after going through everything he had to. 

“‘You’re OK. I’m here,’ she says over and over like a lullaby. She’s not quite sure when the refrain changes to, ‘I’m OK. You’re here’”(Fallon 38).

Repetition 

Evie is repeating “ok” over and over again to reassure her husband that he's okay after she woke him up from a night terror. Then,at the end she changes to it’s ok he’s here instead of she’s there. Which could hint that Colin being gone for so long affected Evie and made her become lonely.

The author’s overall message is that when loved ones go off to war, it can change the person who went to war and the person that has to stay home alone. 

The Wave that Takes Them Under by Brian Turner

The first quote that I am using for a Lit term is “The old man has turned away… as deep into that blue and unlivable world as his body could go.” (Turner, 59) The biggest Lit term in this quote is imagery. It is a description of the old man's look as he turns away. The description of how he looks “deep into that blue” means sad but at the same time saying “unlivable world” making you see him sad and deselat and unfazed by everything going on around him.

The second quote I am using from The Wave that Takes Them Under is the quote that reads “‘Do what I can?’ Reyes tilts his head and tries to shake the sand grains out of his earlobe. ‘Right. Do what I can. Sure.’” (Turner, 55)  This quote shows Plot where it is placed and foreshadows what's gonna happen. It also advances the plot, speaking of the sand all around in which they will be buried later.

Tips for a Smooth Transition

“Two bodies snapping together like puzzle pieces, still fitting, new and familiar at once.” (Fallon 26) - Simile. 

This quote shows simile because it gives a term of how their connection works, like two puzzle pieces connect and join together. That Evie and Colin can still work out together and still have that existing relationship bond between them both, even though they’ve been apart for so long. The author wanted us to know that even after a while after no communication, and not seeing each other, things can still work out like two puzzle pieces. 

“..she knows she ought to put as much distance as possible between herself and her husband. But Evie gets back into bed.” (Fallon 38) - Character

This quote shows character because it’s showing how Evie is growing and how different she’s taking things now compared to how she was taking care of stuff in the beginning of the book. We’re able to see the character change in her actions. At first she ran when he was having nightmares, and now she’s there to accompany him while he’s having nightmares, which is growing her character and improving her character. The author wanted us to know that people’s actions can change, and can grow from their past. And importantly to be there for your lover while they’re struggling. 

The author’s perspective on war is that relationships can still work out coming back from war, you just have to try. It takes effort, time, care, and patience. It’s important to understand each other and to discuss feelings and the relationship's comfortable boundaries.