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As glory and pride drenched through their togs. Noboru awarded with “a snow-white certificate of merit,”**
 * The “splattering blood on the log,” (58)

The contrast between the colors captures sarcasm in the received glory and pride. Though he feels he was “awarded with a snow-white certificate of merit”, and that glory and pride came upon him, such feelings come from his killing of a kitten, which caused “splattering blood on the log”. “Splattering” is an onomatopoeia which itself may be a word with an uncomfortable sound. Drenched is an onomatopoeia of a cacophonous sound, which when used in conjunction with “glory and pride”, gives the “glory and pride” a negative connotation possibly through sarcasm. The certificate of merit is “snow-white” where white symbolizes innocence and peace; however in reality, blood, which is red and symbolic of taint, is seen upon killing the kitten, hence creating a sarcastic mood with the certificate of merit. ASIDE: Noboru’s childish character: Colloquialisms such as “togs” are often used in informal speech, which children do very often. Hence “togs” may very well relate to Noboru’s childish character deep inside.