I agree that the claim figurative language helps you understand the world and times of courage that samuel lived in. I know this is true because it really helps to make a mental image so you're not just reading it, you’re seeing it. An example of this is found on page eighty-four chapter twelve as you can see, “The hessians gone like a plaque” he describes them like this so you can see he really hates them. Another good example to support my claim is on page one hundred thirty-two chapter seventeen, ”Like the inside of a dead cow” It shows here that he smells something so bad that he describes it smelling as rancid as he can possibly describe it. Finally, my last piece of evidence to support my claim on page fifty-one chapter seven, “The world