Most definitely. Figures of speech are comparitive
literary devices that are used by nearly all authors to describe and explain. You might
want to consider how Dahl presents characters and uses figures of speech to paint
humorous pictures of them and suggest their characteristics. One of my favourites in
this great novel is in Chapter Six, when we are introduced to the first winner of the
Golden Ticket, Augustus Gloop. Consider how he is
presented:
Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every
part of his body, and his face like a monstrous ball of dough with two small greedy
curranty eyes peering out upon the
world.
Note here how his face
is compared to a "monstrous ball of dough" with a simile, suggesting his face looks like
a massive ball of uncooked bread. Likewise a metaphor is used to compare his eyes to
currants, emphasising his greed and suggesting that he really is not a pleasant
character at all. Dahl's figures of speech are always exaggerations of character
appearances and traits that are immensely amusing to identify and analyse. Hopefully
this example will help you find others. Consider other descriptions of
characters.
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