Characters
The character is the protagonist of the novel and a pregnant 15 year old girl
Esch
This natural disaster looms over Esch's family?
Hurricane Katrina
"China is a queen; She has to have a court to revere her."
Metaphor
This is the state and city Salvage the bones takes place
Bois sauvage, Mississippi
The family takes shelter here before it floods
The attic
These characters are Esch's brothers
Junior, Randall, Skeeta
Skeeta enters this type of competition to raise money
Dogfighting
"The air was crackling and crisp like someone was frying the world."
Simile
The location Esch's mother gives birth to all the kids
The pit
This is a greek mythology Character that Esch compares herself
Medea
This character is mentioned but is absent throughout the story
Mama
This event causes Esch to realize Manny's feelings
Her pregnancy
"The hurricane spread its wings and stretched them across the sky"
Personification
Esch is here when she realizes her family is underprepared for the natural disaster
The super market
That natural disaster is is what category.
Category 5
This Character never sexualizes Esch
Big Henry
This family member injures themselves trying to prepare for the storm
Dad
"The storm howled outside, but inside it was silent except for the sound of our breathing"
Juxtaposition
The house that Esch's family salvages from
Esch's grandparents house
The hurricane is category 3
Hurricane Elaine
This character's dog dies in a fight with China
Rico
The puppies get sick with this disease
Parvo
"I'd let boys have it for a moment, I was psyche, or Eurydice, or Daphne. I was beloved"
Allusion
The place and person Esch lost her virginity to
Marquise in the dump truck
This character is Manny's girlfriend
Shaliyah