Wednesday, December 17, 2014

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what metaphors are there in chapters 1-3?

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a comparison is
made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. The first person
style of writing gives the novel a wonderful format in which to use imagery.  The novel
To Kill A Mockingbirdis full of
literary elements like metaphors and similes.  Harper Lee was a very image heavy
author.  Her imagery makes one feel like they were truly going through the story with
Scout, Jem, Aticus and the rest of the characters. Ms. Lee was once asked about her
beautiful style of writing and whether or not she would ever write another novel.  She
is quoted as saying that she said everything she had to say in
To Kill A Mockingbird.


In the
first chapter of To Kill A Mockingbird
there is a statement make by Scout.  She
says,


"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town
when I first knew it." pg 11


Later in the same chapter Jem
tells Dill,


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"Lord, what a name." "your name's longer than you
are.  Bet it;s a foot
longer."



Later in the same
chapter one Scout describes Mr. Radley with a
metaphor;



"He
was a thin leathery with colorless eyes, so colorless they did not reflect light."
(pg18)



At the end of the
first chapter Scout describes the Radley house;


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"The old house was the same, droopy and sick,
but as we stared down the street we thought we saw an inside shutter move.  Flick. A
tiny, almost invisible movement, and the house was
still."



These are just a
couple of the myriad of metaphors in the novel

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