Figurative Language In Of Mice And Men

In in the following paragraphs of the story, the author used various effects to effectively convey the feeling and imagery of the story to the reader. In paragraph five the this phrase was first used “sounds that to the couple seemed as loud as men sawing through hard wood.”, this phrase being a simile was used to compare how loud the mice were to something the reader could relate to. This was effective because the reader can then used their past experiences to figure out just how loud the mice were. In this phrase he also used the word interminable to show that the sounds were not just one long loud sound but multiple sound right after another, which also allows reader to image how the sounds really were. Then, he uses the phrase “...the
The use of this figurative language was used to highlight how obviously overwhelming the mice’s commotion was. It was effectively used because the descriptive word “swell” gives the feeling of being engulfed. Lastly in paragraph five the author finishes of with the phrase “...buttons or spool of thread rolled around, threatening to drown the couple’s sanity”. This word play would be a use of personification, in which the buttons and spools were given the human characteristic to threaten. I agree that this effectively conveyed the character’s emotions given the situation, we can feel their anxiety and discomfort. Moving on to the story’s last paragraph, the author uses the phrase “...she nuzzled her “six babies”, as they suckled and slept, there little mouths pink and puckered.”. The effect of this was how defenseless and innocent the mother mouse looks together with her babies. It effectively gives away this feelings with descriptive adjectives of the baby's’ appearance and actions through imagery. Followed by this the author uses the word “vulnerable” to signal the feeling the mother mouse and her offspring gave