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the diamond in which many people loves it. b. Type of Figurative Language
The sentence “Her wind-blown hair shone like a polished diamond” is categorized as Simile.
c. Reasons The writer finds that the underlined sentence is Figurative Language form.
The sentence ‘her wind-blown hair shone like a polished diamond’ is a simile form. Simile is expressed by using of some words or phrases, such as like, as,
than, similar to, resembles, or seems. The word ‘like’ at the sentence ‘her wind-blown hair shone like a polished diamond’
is pointing a simile. It explains about mother’s beautiful hair is shining as same as diamond, so, the
word ‘like’ is showing the comparison between beautiful hair and polished diamond.
C. Messages
Throughout the short story, the majority of fictional writing has served not only to entertain but also to instruct, inform or improve their audiences or readership.
The message from the short story Mother’s Hair is the role of the mother was to comment on the proceedings and draw out a message for the readers to respect our
parents. There are fews reasons that we have to respect our parents, especially mother. For instance sentence:
61 “She merely spoke as she needed. But when she talked, her words sounded
very cool and tranquil”
on the short story Mother’ Hair’s is describing about mother whom always gives for the best to her children and always makes her children comfortable near her. Then,
she is never counting her goodness to her children and hoping to the best future to them.
Besides, we as children do not ever hurt mother’s heart. Because, mother is never speaking rudely about something or to someone and always telling the
goodness for her children. As the sample sentence: “Her voice was very gentle and heaved in a slow rhythm as though it followed
a breath of wind moving around the leaves of a guava tree”
on the short story Mother’s Hair is describing the goodness of mother whom cool and calm in speaking to someone and she always teaches her children to solve any
problem through the peaceful way. Other reason is mother whom always will take care her children and will not
make her children worry as well as make her children being happy. We can see from the sample sentence:
“To begin with, her change did not thoroughly tease my heart because I was still a small kid”
on the short story Mother’s Hair is showing the love of mother to her children. Mother has grown up her children full of love, thus, if those children have grown up,
they must take care of their mother. The kindness of mother is unchangable with anything in the world.
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Chapter IV
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
