What metaphors are used in The Miracle Worker by William Gibson?

Example of Metahpor

“How’m I gone get her to eat her supper, you fill her up with that trash?” (Viney)

“I wanted to teach you everything on earth that’s ours for a wink and it’s gone.”

“You can see five thousand years back in a light of words.”

“One word and I can put the world in your hand.”