Figurative Language In Walking The Boundaries

‘The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson.’(Australian Government, n.d.). In the book walking the boundaries by Jackie French. French provides loads of adjectives, similes and metaphors to give the reader a insight of Martin’s journey around the boundaries of his great grandfather’s land. And how martins mind changes throughout the book from wanting to sell the land after he finishes his ‘easy walk’ around the boundaries to wanting to keep the land when he finishes the walk. French uses figurative language to describe the characters in the book and the setting and describes Martin’s change of mind.

French uses lots of figurative language to describe the scenery of Martin’s journey. For example ‘it was like a forest of long legs without any knees, and leafy underpants above.p27. …show more content…
For example on page 186 Martin says ‘ I won't be sorry. I'm part of this place now. I'll have to learn, though. Will you teach me, Ted? About this place? About how to keep it safe?’ This clearly states that Martin wanted to keep the land and stay there until he does the same to his son of grandson. Also on page 184 Martin also wants to stay because he gets to walk the boundaries each year and see Meg and Wullamudulla.

The the book walking the boundaries the author Jackie French uses lots of figurative language like similes and metaphors to describe the scenery and the charters in the book. In body paragraph two it shows the similes describing the scenery of Martin’s journey around the boundaries. In paragraph three it shows the similes and metaphors of the characters in the book. And in paragraph four it shows how Martin changes his