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Definition of Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly, as... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other... read full definition
Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—Each Other's Mirrors:
When Toru arrives at the Ami Hostel, Reiko tells him that the hostel operates in specific and unusual ways. This includes its honesty policy as well as more general guidelines for how everyone should support each other. In Chapter 6, as she explains, she uses the metaphor in which each resident is a mirror of other residents:
The best thing about this place is the way everybody helps everybody else. Everybody knows they’re flawed in some way, and so they try to help each other. . . We’re all each other's mirrors, and the doctors are part of us.
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