All 4 Uses of
paralysis
in
Ferris Beach
- " "And it was a terrible car crash," my mother whispered as she leaned forward, while Sally sat there like a bird charmed by the salivating quiver of a cat's mouth, charmed and paralyzed with fear and not really knowing how to distinguish the two.†
Chpt 11
- Sally was charmed to silence, paralyzed as she sat and stared at my mother.†
Chpt 11
- It was like I was paralyzed and couldn't turn away;
Chpt 19 *paralyzed = loss of the ability to move the body
- I could feel his heart beating as he pressed against me, as I stared up at the deer, the glass eyes so lifelike; the eyes were large and brown and passive, so unlike they really were at that last moment when paralyzed in fear, when Mr. Bo Poole raised his gun and fired, a shattering sound as the body collapsed in the silence of the trees.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(paralysis) loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision