On page 55, the girls all go to a barbecue in Auntie Penny's house in Canada. Firstly, in the opening line, Ashworth writes, 'Auntie Penny gave us ice-cream and barbecues and a garden growing wild'. The small lexical set of food in the words, 'ice-cream', and 'barbecues' gives us a sensual imagery and makes us feel childlike again because children tend to get very excited about ice-cream and have barbecues in the garden. It reminds us that Ashworth and her sisters are still only children. There is a sense of childhood bonding too, where the girls are acting as normal for once.
Next, 'Her silver cadillac whisked us to a white wooden house only a blink away form the sea.' The lexical set of colours in this quotation are 'silver', and 'white'. They are both very innocent and pure colours to us and give us a sense of peacefulness and luck. The fact that Auntie Penny has a cadillac indicates to us that she is very rich and well off, telling us that the girls will never go without - it's almost like a dream to them. The use of the adjective 'silver' before the noun 'cadillac' tells us that it is very lucky to see Auntie Penny whisking them away in a lucky car. The adjectives 'white' and 'wooden' before the noun 'house' tell us that the …show more content…
The strong imagery of these foods is implying to us that Ashworth had never really had a chance to taste these flavours before, which is why she is so excited to describe them. The two onomatopoeic adjectives, 'sizzling' and 'oozing' highlight the fact that the food was fresh and tasted so good to her, it tasted like a new life. The use of sibilance in this quotation for the words, 'sizzling', 'cheese', 'spicy', relish', 'sesame', 'seeds' and 'buns' highlights a relaxed atmosphere.The 's' sounds remind the girls of the peacefulness of the sea around them and the noise of nothing but the crashing