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Examples Of Figurative Language In A Crime Of Compassion

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Huttman uses figurative language and dialogue to create a feeling of depression in the essay “A Crime of Compassion.” Huttman use similes and metaphors to get across how sick Mac was, and how the situation was. For example, Barbara said “When Mac wasted away to a 60-pound skeleton kept alive by liquid food poured down a tube.” This example shows how sick Mac was by telling us that he only weighed 60 pounds and that he couldn’t eat so they had to pour liquid food down a tube. Another example is when Barbara, said “macho cop who walked into the hospital with 32 pounds of attack equipment.” Mac was a strong man, but then all of a sudden he was diagnosed with lung cancer. His equipment weighed about half of what he weighed when he passed away.
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