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22 felt like something smashed on the floor and sounded piercing like the gong of
symbal or the ringing of a bell. The author intends to convey that when a heart breaks there will be deep
emotion. If it happens someone will need other to share and load up the emotion or feeling, this feeling shall not hide, since it is what makes people cannot stand to
live.
2. Metaphor table 2
Metaphor is the comparison between things that are not conveyed obviously. There are six data found in the novel.
a. Datum 1:
The only thing that Elizabeth could see that her father liked about Luke was that he was an empty book.
p.53
Explanation:
When Luke visits his grandfather, Elizabeth is afraid if her father will fill him with bad information and not enough knowledge to question or criticize.
Because her father is small – minded and unwilling- to open up or change. While Luke needs good information because he is just a kid and open minded.
The sentence describes comparison indirectly. Luke is treated as if he were an empty book that cannot be meant literally. An empty book means pure, as a kid
Luke wants to know and learn everything he found due to his open minded. He is ready to receive knowledge and information that will shape him to become a good
or bad man.
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23 The figure of speech describes how the old man missed his family. In this case,
Brendan Luke’s grandfather felt unhappy and has miserable life, due to his separated family. The figure of speech conveys the theme that he needs to love
and to be loved. Here is the quotation in the novel: Brendan was sixty-five years old, big, broad, silent and brooding...His
views frustrated him and only made his life more miserable. He was stern, rarely spoke except to the cows or vegetables, never laughed…He didn’t speak for
conversation. He spoke to make statements. He rarely spends time with Luke. p.52
b. Datum 2
Her words were big whisper of excitement. p.95
Explanation:
In the sentence, the author describes implicit comparison, by comparing ‘words’ with ‘big whisper of excitement’. In this case, the word ‘words’ indicates
to the story of Elizabeth’s mother. The story does not only mean fairy tales but also the experience that happened in her mother’s adventure. The sentence tells
When Elizabeth was a girl; the only thing she waited was her mother story. It was the only thing of her happiness since her mother went for adventure to find new
places. Her mother’s words were like big whisper of excitement; they attracted her and made her happy to hear the words.
The figure of speech describes about a girl who missed her mother very much, and rarely met her. In this case, little Elizabeth waited for her mother to
come home. Since her mother left her for adventure to new places. Even she felt happy to hear the words from her mother. Through the figure of speech the
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from her mother. .
c. Datum 3:
