Simile

success testifies to this. Through an understanding and analysis of the various literary tools used by the author, we realize that the action and the plot have been given colour by the author using figures of speech like metaphor, personification, and similes. Süskind’s language upholds its beauty using sensory images which becomes the food for his language. Perfume is unique as it creates a reality through invoking the olfactory senses. The character of the protagonist has been brought out…

tongue” so people do not realize it is all fake. I used a simile to compare my lying to “Pinocchio”. The lies flow so naturally it almost seems real but there is always a reminder. If it weren’t for the reminder I would be content with wearing this mask, the “cloudless day” makes my own personal grey cloud more evident. This whole mask is a lie, a show put on for the public. The second stanza is the mask I have on when I am all alone. I use a simile to compare…

narrator throughout is the Bard, speaking to the audience, with emphasis on the gods’ POV. The Bard is painting the thick of the plot, the dramatic scenes of the long awaited Hector vs. Achilles battle, and how it occurred. The gobbet begins with a simile of the fast chase to give the audience an…

"In the morning the dust hung like fog, and the sun was as red as ripe new blood" (p. 6) Simile and Imagery In the chapter 1, Steinbeck uses simile and imagery to describe the environment that Joah’s family is living in, in which it brings a vivid image to the readers’ minds. Steinbeck compares the morning dust hung to fog to which we can see that dust is being used like struggles that people have to deal with everyday and seeing it as fog, we can see the large amount of struggles that people go…

makes her hopeless. This is painful because one is manipulated by a dominating character and is inhibited from clearly expressing their feelings. So, Maddie’s pain is restricting her to be courageous and stand up to von Linden to protect herself. Simile helps the reader show how men dominated and manipulated over women during the…

First, McCarthy uses a simile to describe the effects of the wildfire that had burned through the forest. He mentions “the smoke coming off the ground like mist and thin black trees burning on the slopes like stands of heathen candles” (48-50). The description of the mist illustrates how even though the fire went out there is still heat coming from the road's surface. This is important because as it was described the old man was walking through that road. He also uses a simile to describe what…

Dulce et decorum est’ , the author Wilfred Owen has used simile and metaphor throughout his whole poem to convey a lesson to the young teenagers that war is very serious and cruel, he uses his own experience to stop teenagers to join the army. In the poem ‘Dulce et decorum est’ by Wilfred Owen an English poet and a soldier, tells us a story of a gas attack he has experience first-hand in the front-line of WWI. He uses the language techniques simile, to describe the appearance of soldiers, to…

young girl by the name of Rachel on her eleventh birthday. In the short story "Eleven," Cisneros uses literary techniques; simile, language, and imagery in order to characterize Rachel. When the story starts out, the reader can clearly see that Rachel isn't all that excited to be turning eleven years old. As the story progresses a bit, the reader sees a couple of similes that reflect the…

The theme Anger and Abandonment was shown most often in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. What this theme means is that you feel madness building up inside of you, and that you are on your own every step of the way. Markus used a similes that really used this specific theme, “Hard times were coming. Like a parade” (Zusak 358). This relates to the theme of Anger and Abandonment because it tells us why someone would be felt left out and angry at the same time. The reason Liesel could…

In the compound “slaughter/fall” (125) the second element can not only mean “a fall in battle” but also “feast” or “fill.” So there is sometimes doubt about accuracy in translating. In the Finnsburh Episode the Danes are fighting the Frisians, and the poet says: “So they offered terms [of peace]” (1085). The “they” (hig) is indefinete and could refer to either warring party – intentional ambiguity; there is debate among scholars as to the proper referent of “they.” In line 1149 a sea-journey is…