In Richard Matheson's novel"I am legend", he uses a variety of rhetorical devices to describe his surroundings with the man he is interacting with.
In the beginning lines 1-5,the author uses simile to characterize how the man looks like. in the beginning,line1-2 says"man's throat moving like clammy turkey skin, the red splotched cheeks, the feverish eyes,the black suit, unpressed, unclean".in the quote, the author describes how the man is in his elderly years and isn't very tidy with himself. Also in line 5,"his fingers like skeleton fingers".this describes that the old man has very bony fingers.
Secondly,line 12"waterfall of crying and stamping". Matheson personifies the waterfall as if it were alive.this explains that Robert is in a big
In the beginning lines 1-5,the author uses simile to characterize how the man looks like. in the beginning,line1-2 says"man's throat moving like clammy turkey skin, the red splotched cheeks, the feverish eyes,the black suit, unpressed, unclean".in the quote, the author describes how the man is in his elderly years and isn't very tidy with himself. Also in line 5,"his fingers like skeleton fingers".this describes that the old man has very bony fingers.
Secondly,line 12"waterfall of crying and stamping". Matheson personifies the waterfall as if it were alive.this explains that Robert is in a big