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Definition of Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often... read full definition
Key Examples in Go Set a Watchman
Part 2, Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis—Game Roosters:
In Part 2, Chapter 5, Lee uses a simile to capture a quality of Hank and Jean Louise's relationship:
"This is insane, Jean Louise," he said, pulling out money, keys, billfold, cigarettes. He stepped out of his loafers.
They eyed one another like game roosters. Henry got the jump on her, but when she was falling she snatched at his shirt and took him with her. They swam swiftly in silence to the middle of the river, turned, and swam slowly to the landing.
Part 3, Chapter 8
Explanation and Analysis—The Black Plague:
In Part 3, Chapter 8, Jean Louise finds a pamphlet on Atticus's desk called The Black Plague, which prompts a visceral reaction that Lee captures well in a simile:
Unlock with LitCharts A+She opened the pamphlet, sat down in her father's chair, and began reading. When she had finished, she took the pamphlet by one of its corners, held it like she would hold a dead rat by the tail, and walked into the kitchen. She held the pamphlet in front of her aunt.
"What is this thing?" she said.
Alexandra looked over her glasses at it. "Something of your father's."
Jean Louise stepped on the garbage can trigger and threw the pamphlet in.
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