Outside reading-post 1A

Vocab-

Pertinent: relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant

lyricism: lyric character or style, as in poetry.

Figurative Language

1) " I'm like Lucy trying to keep up with the candy at the chocolate factory"(vii). This is an interesting simile because it refers to a classic television show from way-back-when and you would have to know that show and the particular episode. I personally do know that he is talking about the show" I Love Lucy" and the episode where she gets a job at the factory and convinces the boss that she is a quick worker, although she is not, and fails to keep up with the production line so she ends up shoving the chocolates in her mouth. Quite a comical episode. Just like Steven Colbert's book.

2) "Now that I've pulled the wool off your eyes about animals..."(38). Steven creates an unusual personification here while in his discussion of animals. He compares the wool of animal to the eyes of a human which, to me, would be a comparison between a non-human like thing to a human-like quality. I know it is a human like quality because it is clear he is referring to the reader, which I hope, is a human.

3) " Anyway, even though seniors can't make out most if the words in this book, I thank them for reading it"(21). Here is a decent example of irony. The reason it would be considered ironic is because he thanks the old people for reading his book even though they most likely cannot read the font, and Steven even recognizes and comments on it. So it is ironic because he thanks them for something they won't be able to know he thanked them for.

Quote-

"Bam! That's me off the cuff. Blunt and in your face. No editing. I think it. I say it. You read it. Sometimes I don't even think it, I just say it"(viii)
To me this comes off as somewhat significant. Majority of Steven Colbert's quotes are his thoughts and his opinion on a specific subject. This is significant because it shows his bluntness, even though he says that he's blunt, which actually makes it blunt. Also, it just shows that throughout his book he says whatever comes to mind or out of his mouth, which shows a large part of his personality. Lastly, it's funny.

Theme-
I Am America(And So Can You!) is a string of thoughts and opinions of Steven Colbert. This is really the large theme right now. It's very unclear and general, but so far, his thoughts lead you to assume that he is very conservative and that what he says is going to come from the point of a conservative.