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Shingles On A Roof Metaphors

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In the story, Shingles on a Roof, by William Faulkner, the story centralizes around the efforts of a Southern community, to replace the old shingles on the roof of their old yet symbolic church. The story is told through the point of view of a young boy, who observes his father Pap, and the other men of the town as they repair the roof, by replacing it with brand-new shingles. Faulkner uses many rhetorical tactics throughout the story, specifically that of a metaphor, to illustrate the simple act of tearing down shingles and how this instead relates to something bigger. While on a physical scale, the characters in the story actively work together to remove each shingle, one by one, this task also illustrates how the community is working towards
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