Jennette compares her erratic daily life to the infrequent and unpredictable watering of a cactus, which demonstrates a metaphor because she is comparing two very different things. Marlin’s life is joyful as he is happily married and an expectant father. Both Jeanette and Marlin are unaware of bad things that could happen in their lives. They are blinded; Jennette by her father’s stories, and Marlin by his optimism.
When Jennette describes her blood as “running” and “flowing” out of her, and when she uses the word “raw” to describe her elbows, it demonstrates imagery because the words paint a picture of the situation. In Jennette’s journey, this is the first time she questions her father. When Marlin’s son, Nemo, is taken from him, his self-doubt