ENGLISH 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hyperbole
13 Apr 2016
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So i walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, i was drizzle and she was a hurricane (88). Significance: this quotation is a metaphor; it also includes a hyperbole and reveals. Drizzle is a somewhat insignificant form of rain; a hurricane is an immense storm by itself, especially when being compared to something as miniscule as drizzle. The metaphor compares miles to drizzle and alaska to a hurricane. This metaphor appropriately expresses mile"s mass perception of alaska, he feels petty next to someone he classifies as so breathtaking and prodigious as her; she overwhelmed miles. The hyperbole included in the quotation is that alaska is as tremendous as the amount of water that falls and as forceful as the winds that occur during a hurricane while miles is as insignificant and feeble as drizzle.
