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I choose this picture because America is really close to her friends a family. This picutre shows a bunch of people together that are friends or family. America couldn't live without her family. America's new friends are very close to her. Overall, this image is a good representation of America's list.

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The first image I choose is a picture of a penny inside a jar. This image is almost identical to how the author describes America's penny in a jar. The second image is a picture of a garden. The palace in the novel has a beautiful garden that America likes to go in. The book doesn't describe the looks of the garden much, but this is how I imagine it looks.

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Cass, Kiera. HarperCollins Publishers. New York: HarperCollins Children's, 2012. Print.
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Saranrom Park across the road from the Grand Palace is one of the public parks in Bangkok with a long history. It was originally part of the grounds of the Saranarom Palace built in 1866 during the reign of King Mongkut or King Rama IV.
Please see map to the park
During the reign of King Chulalongkorn or King Rama V the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had its office in the palace. Royalty from Greece, Russia and Sweden have resided here too. King Rama V turned the palace grounds, which form Saranrom Park today, into a zoo.

King Rama VI resided in the palace when he was Crown Prince.

The pavilion where military bands played during his reign is preserved in the park.

After the 1932 coup, the palace was taken over as the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry.

It was also used as a residence for foreign guests.

In 1960, the garden was given to the Bangkok Metropolitan Authorities to turn into a botanic garden and public park. Saranrom, Bangkok's first botanic garden, came into being and the royal garden was opened to the public. The palace buildings are at the other end of the park.

The park has a beautiful garden, a refreshing "green belt" in a hot and bustling city. Cool and well shaded, the park is interspersed with ponds and well-kept flowers.

It's just the place to take a rest after a hectic tour of the Grand Palace and the old city.

The hum of the traffic seems so far away in the breezy, serene atmosphere as families picnic in the park.

In the center of the park is a poignant monument to Queen Sunanda Kumariratana and Princess Kannabhorn Benjaratana, consort and daughter respectively of King Rama V.

In 1880, the queen and princess were drowned in the Chao Phraya during a boat trip to Bang Pa In Palace in the north.

Their epitaphs stand in Saranrom, their favorite garden.

Saranrom designated a cultural park

On 4 January 2007 the Bangkok Metropolitan Authorities announced that Saranrom Park will be designated as a cultural park. This is in line with the city's plans to enhance the distinctive character of each of the city's parks.

Saranrom, with its wide array of flora and architectural works, including the royal monument, is a fitting choice for an architectural legacy.

The park is at the south-east corner of the Grand Palace.

Take a Chao Phraya river boat and alight at near Wat Pho.

Then walk along Thai Wang Alley towards the park.

To return to Rattanakosin.

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Saranrom Park - the palace garden in the old city

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Saranrom Park across the road from the Grand Palace is one of the public parks in Bangkok with a long history. It was originally part of the grounds of the Saranarom Palace built in 1866 during the reign of King Mongkut or King Rama IV.

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Stock Photo - Money jar with one penny left

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Most important things to America:
~Family
~Aspen
~Maxon
~Music
~The garden/freedom
~Her maids
~penny in the jar
~Marlee
~May
~Pants
For my list I choose the things that are most important to the main character, America. I choose this because America has many things/people that very significant to her. All of the items on the list are essentials in her life and make it complete. Without these things it would be hard for America to live happily.

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One symbol in The Selection is the penny in the jar. America mentions the penny when she is packing saying " I started to put the jar on a shelf, but I noticed that little penny again" (Cass 70). The penny in the jar symbolizes America and Aspen's love. Every time America would sing for Aspen he would give her a penny as a small compensation for her performance (Cass 23-24). America thinks of Aspen and their relationship every time she looks at the jar. The penny in the jar is a major symbol in The Selection.
One last symbol that has a big part in the book is the garden. For America, the garden represents her freedom. On page 111, America nearly has a panic attack because she needs to be free outside, and frankly just get some fresh air (Cass). The outdoors is her escape. She feels caged in the palace and the outside is freedom for her. In conclusion, the garden is an important symbol.

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1)  "Our eyes met" is an example of personification (Cass 191). Their eyes aren't actually physically meeting or being introduced to each other, they just look into each others eyes.
2) "A chorus of 'Majesty' and 'Highness' fell over him" is also person
3) "was almost as beautiful as Queen Amberly" is a simile (Cass 261). This is a simile because it is comparing the queen and her sister with as. A simile compares two things using like or as.
4) "the bars of the balcony caged me in" is a hyperbole (Cass 111). This is a hyperbole because she is exaggerating her lack of freedom. She could leave if she wanted.
5) "Aspen carried the needs of everyone he loved on his back" is another hyperbole (Cass 22). He isn't actually carrying anything, it just means he has a lot handle.