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Monday, November 1, 2010

Structural Patterns: Simile

On pg.186 a simile is used,"Max stood up, like a struck match" this short sentence tells alot about the common Jew during Nazi Germany. The Jew in this case is Max. The simile tells how fast he got up after hearing noises, this shows that Max has become paranoid, sensible to almost any slight difference in his surroundings. Max had reason to fear because in reality germany was out in a massive witch hunt, capturing Jews. So the Authors arguement is that the fear was so great in many jews that it caused them to have fear fed behaviors.
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  1. dustiannemarieNovember 18, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    "By the time I was finished, the sky was yellow, like burning newspaper." - Narrator, page 336
    This is a simile made by the narrator. Even though it is not made by Max it still has extreme signifigance. This simile describes the sky after a terrible thing has happened and how the color of the sky reflects the mood of the setting.
    It also gives incite into the narrators mind as well as into what he is thinking at the moment.

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