Metaphors And Similes In The Author's Life On The Plantation
Context: Identification and Explanation This passage towards the end reveals a storyteller telling the tale of slaves working through rugged conditions on a plantation. Nevertheless, they would soon go on to glory as some of which couldn’t stand the unbearable circumstances that were forced upon them. In addition, the storyteller described a few situations that slaves had to endure throughout their time spent on the plantation’s cotton field such as: nurturing an infant while proceeding in harsh labor and confliction between slave and slave owners.
Presence of Literacy Convention: Metaphors and Similes Throughout the story, a few metaphors and similes were used in order to create and establish a comparison between certain objectives. Within this simile, “With that she leaped straight up into the air and was gone like a bird, flying over field and wood.” (57), the storyteller is …show more content…
With that being said, the old man tells the young woman “Yes, daughter, the time has come. Go; and peace be with you!”(57); this represents that God is telling his child that her time has come to be at peace where she no longer has to suffer on earth. Furthermore, I find it fascinating how he implies that death is preferably better than slavery. It’s ironic because we view death as sorrow, depression, and grieving over a lost loved one. However, he uses death in the story as a sense of peace and relief from the suffering that was taking place on earth. Overall, this passage teaches readers that although one may be struggling to stay alive working in a cotton field as long as they keep their faith in God, he will take care of all their problems. Nevertheless, this story also enlightens the reader to a certain perspective of slavery in terms of
Presence of Literacy Convention: Metaphors and Similes Throughout the story, a few metaphors and similes were used in order to create and establish a comparison between certain objectives. Within this simile, “With that she leaped straight up into the air and was gone like a bird, flying over field and wood.” (57), the storyteller is …show more content…
With that being said, the old man tells the young woman “Yes, daughter, the time has come. Go; and peace be with you!”(57); this represents that God is telling his child that her time has come to be at peace where she no longer has to suffer on earth. Furthermore, I find it fascinating how he implies that death is preferably better than slavery. It’s ironic because we view death as sorrow, depression, and grieving over a lost loved one. However, he uses death in the story as a sense of peace and relief from the suffering that was taking place on earth. Overall, this passage teaches readers that although one may be struggling to stay alive working in a cotton field as long as they keep their faith in God, he will take care of all their problems. Nevertheless, this story also enlightens the reader to a certain perspective of slavery in terms of