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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
Key Examples in The Poisonwood Bible
Book 5, Chapter 71
Explanation and Analysis—Politics:
In Book 5, Rachel and her sisters have grown up and apart. They've taken drastically different paths, and any empathy Rachel has for the Congolese has evaporated now that she lives in the wealthy and white enclaves of Africa. When she flippantly and hyperbolically describes the Republic of Congo, there's dramatic irony in the fact that her perspective is so different from Leah's, whose explanation of the political strife in the Congo was just pages earlier. The following is Rachel's description:
I received quite an education about politics, as an embassy wife. The French Congo and the newly independent Republic of Congo are separated by one mere river and about a million miles of contemporaneous modern thinking. It’s because they tried to go and do it all for themselves over there, and don’t have the temperament.
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