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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
Book 1, Chapter 3: The Three Heartbreaks of Belicia Cabral (1955-1962)
Explanation and Analysis—Beli's Beauty:
In Chapter 3, Yunior uses similes and metaphors to describe Beli’s beauty:
She is sixteen and her skin is the darkness before the black, the plum of the day’s last light, her breasts like sunsets trapped beneath her skin, but for all her youth and beauty she has a sour distrusting expression that only dissolves under the weight of immense pleasure.
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Book 3, Chapter 8: The End of the Story
Explanation and Analysis—Ten Million Trujillos:
In Chapter 8, Yunior recalls Lola using a metaphor to compare the two of them to Trujillo:
Unlock with LitCharts A+On one of our last nights as novios she said, Ten million Trujillos is all we are.
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