Characters
Events
Literary Devices
Setting
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100

The character is the protagonist of the novel and a pregnant 15 year old girl

Esch

100

This natural disaster looms over Esch's family? 

Hurricane Katrina

100

"China is a queen; She has to have a court to revere her." 

Metaphor

100

This is the state and city Salvage the bones takes place 

Bois sauvage, Mississippi

100

The family takes shelter here before it floods

The attic

200

These characters are Esch's brothers

Junior, Randall, Skeeta

200

Skeeta enters this type of competition to raise money 

Dogfighting

200

"The air was crackling and crisp like someone was frying the world." 

Simile

200

The location Esch's mother gives birth to all the kids

The pit

200

This is a greek mythology Character that Esch compares herself

Medea

300

This character is mentioned but is absent throughout the story 

Mama

300

This event causes Esch to realize Manny's feelings

Her pregnancy 

300

"The hurricane spread its wings and stretched them across the sky" 

Personification

300

Esch is here when she realizes her family is underprepared for the natural disaster

The super market

300

That natural disaster is is what category. 

Category 5

400

This Character never sexualizes Esch

Big Henry

400

This family member injures themselves trying to prepare for the storm

Dad

400

"The storm howled outside, but inside it was silent except for the sound of our breathing" 

Juxtaposition

400

The house that Esch's family salvages from

Esch's grandparents house

400

The hurricane is category 3

Hurricane Elaine

500

This character's dog dies in a fight with China

Rico

500

The puppies get sick with this disease

Parvo

500

"I'd let boys have it for a moment, I was psyche, or Eurydice, or Daphne. I was beloved"

Allusion

500

The place and person Esch lost her virginity to

Marquise in the dump truck

500

This character is Manny's girlfriend

Shaliyah

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