To Live

To Live

Thursday, September 29, 2016

The Use of Comparison

      Yu Hua used numerous vivid comparison between human and animals. He combined their’s characteristics so subtly that enables the readers to imagine the action of characters correctly.
      For instance, he compared the talking women to birds. “The sound of all those women yammering away was like the twittering sound of a flock of sparrows that flies in when it’s time to dry out rice husks” (102). This comparison perfectly displayed those women’s noisy characteristic since birds are naturally noisy and always assemble together.

      He also compared Fugui to an ox. “Fugui is a good ox. Of course he gets lazy sometimes, but even people drag their feet from time to time — how can you expect an animal not to” (234)? Ox is always the symbol of diligence and perseverance. Yu Hua implied in this comparison that Fugui’s determination to live is like an ox’s ability to persist in front of difficulties.

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