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Figurative Language In Life Of Pi

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Seventy-one percent of the world is covered in water and more than eighty percent is unexplored. In the middle of the vast, indigo waters, a teenage boy struggles with the fear of the unknown; through his utilization of figurative language and strong diction, author Yann Martel thematically conveys a message of uncertainty in his acclaimed novel Life of Pi.
Martel paints a picture of terror as he uses figurative language. As Richard Parker finishes off with his other victims, his amber eyes meet the eyes of Pi as Pi feels “every hair” on him “standing up, shrieking with fear”(Martel 152). Yann Martel utilizes symbolic diction to illustrate the sensation of fear going on inside Pi; the phrase “shrieking with fear” creates an uneasy feeling
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