We meet Stella in the hospital, checking off items on her to-do list. She has decorated her room with her sister's artwork,
bits of color and life jumping out from clinical white walls, each one a product of a different trip to the hospital.
The artwork is personified, using the verb jump to describe how the pieces stand out against the hospital walls. The dreariness of the room without the artwork is highlighted by the alliteration in "white walls." The pieces also represent the many hospital stays Stella has had.
Although we switch to Will's perspective in the next chapter, there is still plenty of figurative language. Will watches Stella move through the hospital,
waving and chatting to just about everyone as she goes, like she's putting on her personal Thanksgiving Day Parade.
This simile is in Will's voice, as he seems to judge her for her friendliness. We don't have the same judgment after reading from Stella's perspective.
The dual perspective allows the author to develop two voices, and there are many opportunities for figurative language in what the teens say and what they think.
I’m tired of living without really living. I’m tired of wanting things. We can’t have a lot of things. But we could have this.
This quote is made up of repetition: I'm tired, living, and things are all repeated. The repetition emphasizes what it's like to be living with a disease. This also highlights a major theme of the book.
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