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Visit With a Living Writer Journals Braeden Samuel 8 October 2015 Passage 1 “Like the rest of my grandparents’ apartment, the bathroom was pristinely clean. It looked like a pharmacy-- cold white tiles, harsh lights, and dozens of brown plastic bottles lined up along the sink and the window ledge. I liked to examine the bottles one by one, studying their labels. For me, these prescriptions had always represented a mystery: Was sickness a secret? Were some illnesses so awful that they were not even discussed? Maybe these pills kept my grandparents from getting sick in the first place. I took a pill bottle from the window ledge. Removing the white cap, I poured the colorful capsules into my palm-- purple and green. Lighter than I expected, …show more content…

They didn’t tempt me, not really. I wanted a different medicine.”(Klise 41) Love Drugged is a young adult fiction novel written by James Klise. The title itself and the front cover leads the reader to assume the novel will focus on themes of romance. The explicit image of medication on the front would lead a reader to assume that the title is somewhat literal. The book is a realistic piece and is quite easy to read as it is the 1st person narrative of a teenaged boy in high school. The first thing the reader notices about the Klise’s style is that his diction, in this passage, is at an average high school level. He does not use particularly advanced language, but does not exaggerate the “teenage boy” voice. In fact, one might say Klise found the perfect medium to portray the protagonist’s thoughts efficiently and eloquently. Klise uses many adjectives, in fact, most of the objects in the story are paired with a describing word at least once in the passage. He uses an active voice and uses strong verbs to describe Jamie’s activities. Instead of “I liked to look at the labels on the bottles” Klise rephrased it as “I liked to examine the …show more content…

However, in this passage, he has to channel the psyche of a mildly homophobic, middle aged pharmaceutical scientist. As the book is Jamie’s 1st person narrative, this was one of the few longer passages said by another character. Due to this, some of the writing choices he made in the first passage I referenced, contrast those he made in this passage. Firstly, his diction is at an elevated level, which is opposite to his colloquial vocab previously. Unlike the first passage, Klise uses few adjectives to describe the objects and actions. Instead, he uses more functional verbs and precise nouns. For example, Dr. Gamez, the man speaking in this passage, says “Rehomoline, used overtime to treat homosexuality like a chronic condition, will inhibit the homosexual response.”(Klise 83) Language like this is short and to the point. He uses formal diction to reinforce the idea that Dr. Gamez is an intelligent adult with little time to think expressively. In addition, Klise uses imperative sentences like “Lower your voice, please.”(Klise 83) to show that Dr. Gamez is the dominant figure in the passage, as well as declarative sentences such as “And at the same time, the drug will increase masculine characteristics by adding other agents as needed.”(Klise 83) to reiterate that he is confident in his knowledge. Klise’s particular tone in this passage is

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