4 -6 quotes in pages 166-182 "We get applications"

 What the reader learns about Dave in his work with the might team,

Page 180 - "Here is a work of such powerful genius and prophecy that it may very well start riots"
- Adjective 'Powerful' indicates he truly believes his work has an influential impact upon the reader of his magazine company.
- It's also used to describe himself and confident in his creativity.
- 'Genius' used to describe himself - People who are highly intelligent => showing that he regards himself smarter than others.
- 'Prophecy' believing that it was bound to happen.

Page 178 - "We are young and naked on the beach!"
- Exclamatory sentence suggest freedom in which he feels free in his work and the duty of a carer being lifted off his shoulder.
- Personal pronoun 'We' suggests belonging in the situation possibly meaning this is what he truly wants - rather than a carer for a child => Links to freedom

Page 177 - "We are obsessed with seeming diverse"
- Fascination of standing out from the crowd, maybe wants to create a good image of accepting anyone of all ethnic backgrounds so they promote racial diversity. Shows intelligence in opening an wider audience, but shows he is an unreliable narrator as we know their team isn't racially diverse.

Page 180 - "We don't think guns should be sold at counters"
-He portrays himself as an individual thinker mostly having contrasting opinions about the American lifestyle of the availability of guns in USA. His ideas show someone with an ambition to change the country for the greater good or create controversy in order to springboard his company into fame and success but the answer is unclear whether he is doing one or the other.

How does Dave Eggers present the theme of home?

How does Dave Eggers present the theme of home?

Eggers presents the theme of home in many different ways. Firstly he presents home to be a place of work rather than relaxation, as he describes the "house is a factory". The use of the metaphor gives us this as before he described the "exhaust" to be tumble into the "white sky" emphasising the imagery of a factory with smoke coming out of the chimney. This is used because Eggers feels that he works more in an environment that he is supposed to enjoy and be free as he wants to live but instead expresses his misery through this metaphor. Also the connotations of "factory" reflects to hard working manual labour and perhaps corruption of its nearby surroundings - for example the smoke causes pollution and acid rain.

The home seems to be severely affected by the effects of the parents illnesses as well as the people involved,but it also seems to be a reflection of the family's relationship becoming unstable. The home is shown to be neglected and not cared for- much like the Toph and Eggers. Eggers points out that the "family room is usually dark" because of the number of large elm trees that blocked the windows. This shows that due to the parents illness for the lack of catering around the house means that even the everyday resource of light is restricted symbolising life has almost forgotten about them and that there is no hope. Furthermore the interior could also reflect the family's relationship as the carpets are "off white wall to wall" meaning grey and that the connotations of "grey" suggest dull, fading of it's usual colour. Also the door "hanging on one of the three hinges" could symbolise that their family is similarly hanging by a thread.

 

Furthermore the use of the determiner, 'usually' gives the sense that  this is an occurrence therefore the family had accepted that suffering of the house and possibly relationship is doomed between parents and children.