City Of Bones Sparknotes
Have you ever been through a tough time and your friends and family helped you through it? Did it make that tough time a lot easier? This is how Clary feels when she tries to find her mother she could have given up, but because of the people around her she didn’t. One important lesson readers can learn from Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones is you will do anything to save the people you love and care about. Clary is a seventeen year old girl who has never believed in mythical creatures, but when her mom goes missing and she gets attacked by a ravener demon, there is no doubt in her mind that the myths are real. Doing everything she can to find her mom Clary finds herself asking the shadow world for help. When Clary searches through her past, she finds many secrets that her mom hid from her. As she uncovers lies, she tries everything in her power not to break under pressure. With the help of everyone around her, Clary finds her mom along with a new surprise.
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Clare uses many interesting techniques in her book to make the scene more visual, for example she uses interesting vocabulary.
Instead of using words like ran and glide she uses zigzagged and skirted. Therefore, it catches the reader's attention. For example on pages 429 and 434 show how the words are being used. “She ran. She zigzagged around Pangborn, who barely glanced at her, skirted Blackwell’s body, and was out the door and in the corridor…”. Later on in this scene Clary finds Jace and tries to get him back home unsuccessfully. Not only does she risk her life to find Jace but she even faces Valentine for the first time because she cares about Jace. Although the book does not state that she did it because she cared for him we can infer that is the reason Clary went through it. The way the passage is put is how we can infer why she is going through all this trouble to save
him.
The scene on pages 378-379 illustrates how Luke-the werewolf-goes above and beyond to save Clary from getting killed by Hodge. The author uses thoughtshots to show what the character is thinking.
She saw him raise his arm-and remembered suddenly Jace saying that
Hodges weapon had been the Chakhram, the flying disk. She ducked even before she saw the bright circle of metal spin singing toward her head; it passed, humming, inches from her face and embedded itself in the metal fire escape on her left. (Clare 178)
For instance, this quote has us reading Clary’s thoughts instead of her just coming out and saying them. Clare also uses foreshadowing in this scene she isn’t just jumping to the next scene because if she did the story wouldn’t keep readers guessing nor would it hold their attention she slowly hints at it. When an author uses foreshadowing it makes readers sit on the edge of their seats dying to know more.
Lastly, on pages 350 and 360 the author uses sensory details to help visualize what is happening in the scene. This scene shows how it is up to Clary to be the hero and save everyone one, even the person that has not been particularly nice to her. The sensory details used in this scene really helps readers imagine the pain Jace, Alec, and Isabelle are in. Alec’s pain seems to be the worst, “There were other injuries there too: a darkening lattice of claw marks, each hole red and oozing” (Clare 358). The author puts so much detail into this part that readers can relate to the pain they are experiencing.
While some may argue Clary’s life was made up of lies. The text actually says how people were only trying to protect her because of how dangerous being a shadowhunter can be.
“That's why your mother wanted to live here. So she could always flee at a moment’s notice.”
“Then why didn’t she--,’ Clary began, and broke off, suddenly horrified. ‘Because of me,’ she said. ‘She wouldn’t leave without me that night. So she stayed” (Clare 109) this shows how Clary’s mother had the chance to leave, but she wouldn’t because she didn’t have her daughter with her and she didn’t want her daughter to come home because she didn’t want Clary to know about the shadow world.
All in all, the author uses craft techniques like interesting vocabulary, thoughtshots, and sensory details to relate back to the theme. Not only does the author combine the thesis and the theme, but she foreshadows every chapter leaving you wanting more. The author gives so much detail in the book that it really feels like readers are experiencing everything that’s going on. Without a doubt this entire book has many techniques put together and it will always keep readers on the edge of their seat.
Clare uses many interesting techniques in her book to make the scene more visual, for example she uses interesting vocabulary.
Instead of using words like ran and glide she uses zigzagged and skirted. Therefore, it catches the reader's attention. For example on pages 429 and 434 show how the words are being used. “She ran. She zigzagged around Pangborn, who barely glanced at her, skirted Blackwell’s body, and was out the door and in the corridor…”. Later on in this scene Clary finds Jace and tries to get him back home unsuccessfully. Not only does she risk her life to find Jace but she even faces Valentine for the first time because she cares about Jace. Although the book does not state that she did it because she cared for him we can infer that is the reason Clary went through it. The way the passage is put is how we can infer why she is going through all this trouble to save
him.
The scene on pages 378-379 illustrates how Luke-the werewolf-goes above and beyond to save Clary from getting killed by Hodge. The author uses thoughtshots to show what the character is thinking.
She saw him raise his arm-and remembered suddenly Jace saying that
Hodges weapon had been the Chakhram, the flying disk. She ducked even before she saw the bright circle of metal spin singing toward her head; it passed, humming, inches from her face and embedded itself in the metal fire escape on her left. (Clare 178)
For instance, this quote has us reading Clary’s thoughts instead of her just coming out and saying them. Clare also uses foreshadowing in this scene she isn’t just jumping to the next scene because if she did the story wouldn’t keep readers guessing nor would it hold their attention she slowly hints at it. When an author uses foreshadowing it makes readers sit on the edge of their seats dying to know more.
Lastly, on pages 350 and 360 the author uses sensory details to help visualize what is happening in the scene. This scene shows how it is up to Clary to be the hero and save everyone one, even the person that has not been particularly nice to her. The sensory details used in this scene really helps readers imagine the pain Jace, Alec, and Isabelle are in. Alec’s pain seems to be the worst, “There were other injuries there too: a darkening lattice of claw marks, each hole red and oozing” (Clare 358). The author puts so much detail into this part that readers can relate to the pain they are experiencing.
While some may argue Clary’s life was made up of lies. The text actually says how people were only trying to protect her because of how dangerous being a shadowhunter can be.
“That's why your mother wanted to live here. So she could always flee at a moment’s notice.”
“Then why didn’t she--,’ Clary began, and broke off, suddenly horrified. ‘Because of me,’ she said. ‘She wouldn’t leave without me that night. So she stayed” (Clare 109) this shows how Clary’s mother had the chance to leave, but she wouldn’t because she didn’t have her daughter with her and she didn’t want her daughter to come home because she didn’t want Clary to know about the shadow world.
All in all, the author uses craft techniques like interesting vocabulary, thoughtshots, and sensory details to relate back to the theme. Not only does the author combine the thesis and the theme, but she foreshadows every chapter leaving you wanting more. The author gives so much detail in the book that it really feels like readers are experiencing everything that’s going on. Without a doubt this entire book has many techniques put together and it will always keep readers on the edge of their seat.