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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 13
Explanation and Analysis—Bull Breeding:
Through the latter half of The Sun Also Rises, bullfighting becomes a potent metaphor for virility and the worth of men. This comparison is made even more explicit during one of Mike’s drunken rants about Robert, in Chapter 13:
"Is Robert Cohn going to follow Brett around like a steer all the time?"
"Shut up, Michael, try to show a little breeding."
"Breeding be damned. Who has any breeding, anyway, except the bulls? Aren't the bulls lovely? Don't you like them, Bill? Why don't you say something, Robert? Don't sit there looking like a bloody funeral. What if Brett did sleep with you? She's slept with lots of better people than you."
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