Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Deluxe: Blog 3, Post A

Vocab for the week:
Lilt (69)- a pleasant, gently swinging rhythm in a song or tune
amelioration(75)- make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better
Figurative language:
1)"Dior's leather was as fake as acrylic nails"(76)  This is a simile because it uses "as".
2)"I would've never bought Givenchy. I wouldn't have even paid a penny for it, but now I would never sell it. Not even for hundreds of millions of dollars"(63). This is an example of irony because Arnault (read post #4 for info on him) loves that Givenchy turned into a gold mine.
3)"This bag, this one bag, represented all we were as a company" (67). This example shows figurative language as a symbol because the bag is representing Louis Vuitton as a growing company.
Quote:
"I don't want to sell. The company is priceless"(56) Although this quote is similar to the one in figurative language, it shows a different side to Arnault.  He really was a strong business man who had very good ideas. He was young and what was needed for LVMH to succeed. 
Theme:
A theme that I see emerging is that sometimes taking chances is a good thing, which could mean success. 

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