Hillbilly Elegy

In this podcast episode, Anthony talks about the book Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. He mentions that it is a good story that follows the life of J.D. Vance growing up in a Hillbilly family. Anthony discusses some literary devices used in the book, such as imagery and similes. He also mentions a spoiler about the foreshadowing of a character's death. Overall, Anthony enjoyed reading the book and recommends it to mature audiences. Hello, welcome to the Anthony Exotic Reads Podcast. I'm Anthony and today I'll be diving into Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. Hillbilly Elegy was introduced to me by my mother. Before we get into it, I will try to keep this episode as spoiler free as possible. If you are into books that tell a good story, Hillbilly Elegy might be the book for you. Hillbilly Elegy follows the life of J.D. Vance growing up and around the culture of a Hillbilly family. Like most authors, J.D. Vance uses a variety of literary devices to drive the reader into his books. In page 76 of Hillbilly Elegy, we see the use of imagery when J.D. Vance is running from his mother who was about to give him a beating. He is running through a field of grass that is described to be slapping his ankles. Another literary device is in page 125, we see a simile saying, living with mom and Matt was like having a front row seat to the end of the world. Spoiler alert coming up, listeners might want to skip this part. Page 458 foreshadows Meemaw's death when J.D. Vance is thinking about how his life will have changed after serving his 40 years in the military. Another use of literary devices in this book is on page 101 where there is an idiom saying, we will keep in touch. Does J.D. actually mean two people staying in close contact? No, it means people staying in contact whether that be in person or over the phone. A lot of Hillbilly Elegy is written in the first person going through a young J.D. Vance as he explores the world around him growing up to a hillbilly family. All around I did enjoy reading this book and I would recommend it to more mature audiences as it has some rather vulgar language used Thank you for listening today to the Anthony Podcast. I'm Anthony, signing out.