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The Namesake Chapter 2 Hyperbole Analysis

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The Namesake Chapter 2 Hyperbole Analysis Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. This is the common definition of hyperbole. While hyperboles all convey the vast extent of situations and how awing they may be, a myriad of emotions can be conveyed through hyperboles. The line, “In spite of endless glasses of water, her throat is parched,” is the first hyperbole of chapter 2. It conveys the great bounty that is available in America, yet it also foreshadows the fact that she feels unsatisfied and unfulfilled. “They sit in silence, the three of them as still as stones, “ conveys a circumspect mood. “Again he thinks of the night he was nearly killed, the memory of those hours that have forever marked him flickering and

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