All 7 Uses of
resonate
in
The Fault in Our Stars
- You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ….
p. 21.2 *resonances = things brought to mindeditor's notes: Hazel is saying that Augustus chooses behaviors that bring to mind and reinforce desired feelings or ideas. They often talk of metaphors; i.e., things that symbolize other things such as Augustus' cigarettes that symbolize a degree of control he has over death. Something that resonates brings things to mind.
- The symbolic resonances are endless, Hazel Grace.
p. 87.8resonances = feelings or ideas brought to mind
- I thought maybe it was how orchestrated the whole thing had been: Augustus was amazing, but he'd overdone everything at the picnic, right down to the sandwiches that were metaphorically resonant but tasted terrible and the memorized soliloquy that prevented conversation.
p. 93.1resonant = bringing a feeling or idea to mind
- Gus has taken to calling Caroline HULK SMASH, which resonates with the doctors.
p. 101.3resonates = brings a shared feeling or belief to mind
- It's not like I had some utterly poignant, well-lit memory of a healthy father pushing a healthy child and the child saying higher higher higher or some other metaphorically resonant moment.
p. 122.2resonant = bringing to mind a feeling or idea
- I was all awash in the metaphorical resonance of the empty playground in the hospital courtyard.
p. 173.2resonance = feelings or ideas brought to mind
- And he was pretentious: Sweet Jesus Christ, that kid never took a piss without pondering the abundant metaphorical resonances of human waste production.
p. 258.7
Definition:
having reinforcing effects
The exact meaning of resonate depends upon its context. For example:
- "The sound resonates." -- has reinforcing effects that make it sound richer
- "He has a resonate voice." -- deep and rich
- "The story resonates with me." -- evokes shared feelings or beliefs
- "It is resonant of my childhood." -- brings to mind