Out of the three texts that used figurative language to create the image of a tiger the best was Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Yann Martel used both similes, and metaphors to create a image of the tiger at his best, and the power and fear the tiger creates.
Yann Martel’s similes are better than the other two texts for the reason that there are more than the other two texts have and also because he used very descriptive words. For example, “Each of his claws was as sharp as a knife.” (pg. 108), “...The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and chinese...The yellow canine thus coyly revealed was as long as my longest finger...His teeth ---an entire army battalion in a mouth.” (pg. 152), and “...I began to hear his hoarse roaring, that aaohn cry as rich as gold or honey and as spine-chilling as the depths of an unsafe mine or a thousand angry bees.” (pg. 272) This last simile …show more content…
Such as, “The flame-colored carnivore…” (pg. 150) Richard Parker’s coat is being compared to the color of a flame; “His body, bright brownish orange streaked with black vertical stripes, was incomparably beautiful, matched with a tailor’s eye for harmony by his pure white chest and underside and the black rings for his long tail.” (pg. 151), “My, my, what an enormous pink cave. Look at those yellow stalactites and stalagmites...Richard Parker’s tongue, the size and colour of a rubber hot water bottle, retreated and his mouth closed.” (pg. 179)
Yann Martel didn’t create the image of the tiger being powerful or the fear it creates. On the other hand, The Tyger by William Blake did. For example, “[The Tiger’s appearance is] burning bright.”, “[Who] Burnt the fire of thine eyes?”, and “In what furnace was thy brain?” These metaphors show how powerful and fearful a tiger is because Blake use words such as, “burning”, “fire”, and “furnace” thus making the image of powerful
Yann Martel’s similes are better than the other two texts for the reason that there are more than the other two texts have and also because he used very descriptive words. For example, “Each of his claws was as sharp as a knife.” (pg. 108), “...The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and chinese...The yellow canine thus coyly revealed was as long as my longest finger...His teeth ---an entire army battalion in a mouth.” (pg. 152), and “...I began to hear his hoarse roaring, that aaohn cry as rich as gold or honey and as spine-chilling as the depths of an unsafe mine or a thousand angry bees.” (pg. 272) This last simile …show more content…
Such as, “The flame-colored carnivore…” (pg. 150) Richard Parker’s coat is being compared to the color of a flame; “His body, bright brownish orange streaked with black vertical stripes, was incomparably beautiful, matched with a tailor’s eye for harmony by his pure white chest and underside and the black rings for his long tail.” (pg. 151), “My, my, what an enormous pink cave. Look at those yellow stalactites and stalagmites...Richard Parker’s tongue, the size and colour of a rubber hot water bottle, retreated and his mouth closed.” (pg. 179)
Yann Martel didn’t create the image of the tiger being powerful or the fear it creates. On the other hand, The Tyger by William Blake did. For example, “[The Tiger’s appearance is] burning bright.”, “[Who] Burnt the fire of thine eyes?”, and “In what furnace was thy brain?” These metaphors show how powerful and fearful a tiger is because Blake use words such as, “burning”, “fire”, and “furnace” thus making the image of powerful