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Definition of Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations intended to emphasize a point... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements... read full definition
Part One
Explanation and Analysis—Japanese Statue:
In Part One, McMurphy delights the rest of the patients by getting Doctor Spivey to announce some changes he has suggested during his admission interview—changes Nurse Ratched has not previously approved. Bromden uses a hyperbolic simile (and a racial slur) to describe the power struggle that is beginning to simmer:
One by one the patients are sneaking looks at her to see how she’s taking the way McMurphy is dominating the meeting, and they see the same thing. She’s too big to be beaten. She covers one whole side of the room like a Jap statue.
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