Find 3 examples of smiles and explain how they illustrate the tone during that section of the story.
“Like bandits from a burglary alarm.” (Page 176) This simile is used to explain the sound that George hears from his ear handicaps. This illustrates the struggle and depression George must feel. It is so harsh that it makes the reader easily imagine the sound and the feeling George would feel.
What is an example of allusion in HB?
A allusion is when Harrison is compared to Thor. ” a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder.”
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“Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper” (p.179)
This sets the tone of his desperation to break free and bring individuality back into their society.
Example of similies
“They leaped like deer on the moon” pg180
This similie explains how Harrison and the ballerina were dancing. It illustrates how free they were without their handicaps.
Example of allusion
When he is compared to Thor
“He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder” (pg179)
“Her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men.”
This simile represents weights e beautiful ballerina back from her full potential. The weights make you feel powerless and restraining. This simile makes you realize that if we are all equal that means nobody is free to do what they love and what they are good at.
“Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper” (p.179)
This sets the tone of his desperation to break free and bring individuality back into their society.
They leaped like deer on the moon. This represents them escaping society and breaking free of the governments oppression.
Example of similies
“They leaped like deer on the moon” pg180
This similie explains how Harrison and the ballerina were dancing. It illustrates how free they were without their handicaps.
Example of allusion
When he is compared to Thor
“He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder” (pg179)
“Her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men.”
This simile represents weights e beautiful ballerina back from her full potential. The weights make you feel powerless and restraining. This simile makes you realize that if we are all equal that means nobody is free to do what they love and what they are good at.