Figurative Language In Nick C. Vaca's 'Martin'

Don’t judge a book by its cover when you haven’t know all sides. This is what Vaca learned the hard way through her experiences in “Martin” by Nick C. Vaca. Vaca saw a boy who was “living” the life eating whatever he wanted. Their initials perceptions changed how they treated him from then on. To Vaca’s surprise all of his impression were wrong showed by his use of figurative language. Vaca’s view affected on how he treated others, but soon found out his views were flawed.

The reactions to Martin don’t paint a good perception of it which affects the way they treat him. As read in the text, they describe their feelings about Martin,” It was his enormous belly that caused us to immediately dislike him,” (Vaca par. 8). As described, they didn’t