You look where you don’t want to look.” The Risk of ObscurityĪ simile can be perfect for those who understand the point of comparison, but fall absolutely flat to those who don’t. “there are two kinds of writing the one you write and the one that writes you. Of course, this may be much easier for a writer to do than the average person and that may be a good thing because she is also quick to point out that this business of creating narratives does not necessarily always produce the results you may want: One of the themes of the book is the power of storytelling to assist in creating a narrative for one’s life that makes that life easier to understand. “When my mother was angry with me, which was often, she said, ‘The Devil led us to the wrong crib.’” Writing Is Dangerous Business So angry, in fact, that the mom has one very unique metaphor for referring to the child engendering her fiery emotion:
The author situates the reader into the world of being happy with the somewhat ironic image of a mother who is angry. “Pursuing happiness, and I did, and I still do, is not at all the same as being happy – which I think is fleeting, dependent on circumstances, and a bit bovine.” Angry Mom, Devil Daughter The metaphor is one of those examples of using figurative language more for effect than clarity: The answer to what is happiness part of the equation is perhaps not what most expect. What is the pursuit of happiness-as opposed to actually experiencing happiness? Good question and, fortunately, the author has half an answer in of metaphor.
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