Paradise
What metaphors are used in Paradise by Toni Morrison?
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Examples of Metaphor:
“The sign of racial purity they had taken for granted had become a stain” (pg. 194)
“The wind soughed as though trying to dislodge sequins from the black crepe sky” (pg. 190)
“They seemed like birds, hawks, to Sweetie. Pecking at her, flapping.” (pg. 129)
Paradise