The Use Of Figurative Language In This Monstrous Thing By Mackenzi Lee

Both authors employ a rich array of figurative language devices and signposts to intricately develop the shared characters dynamic development that is key to the influence of the advancement of the overall plot. This allows the authors to dive deep into the intricate psychology of the characters and how they furiously grapple with their respective ominous and enigmatic external and internal struggles.

To start off, we can dive into the narrative of This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee into Alasdair’s internal moral dilemmas after experiencing a human part of Oliver that he thought he would never see. After the horrifying incident, suddenly something snapped inside of him: “Not the Oliver that had stabbed Geisler in the throat. The Oliver I’d

There lay the illustrated boy named Dark, his depravity beginning to leak from the warm embrace of Charles Halloway, the only weakness to him is love. His illustrations, which made this perversion of a man,commenced to dwindle away, there lay the freaks of his carnival, not evil, not attacking, but looking to be rid of their evil. “A score of freaks glanced fearfully round as if the moon suddenly filled itself full and they could see; they chafed their wrists as if chains had fallen from them, chafed their necks as if weights had crumbled from their bowed shoulders.” (Bradbury, 252, Metaphor, Simile) This quote masterfully illustrate To exhibit how “the moon suddenly filled itself full and they could see” demonstrates the simile of comparing the sudden clarity of the scene to the illumination provided by the moon. This comparison with a touch of imagery portrays the moon, known to represent the dark side of nature. Nature is known in this narrative to revolve around the autumn people and the summer people, the true evil vs the pure in this nature of the world. From this, the moon can be seen as a representation of its emptiness of pure darkness. This plays the role of a perfect depiction of the freaks empty, evil heart derived from the carnival, now to fill itself full with pure light relays the impact of the illustrations being set free from the vile Dr. Dark. To show their ability to see justifies their blindness in the darkness of the carnival, it proves their limited freedom compared to now and to be able to see freely delineates their freedom given back. To chafe their wrists as if the physical representation of chains were eternally onto their wrists express the sudden awakening they gained to be free. The author represents them chafing their necks as if a weight were on their shoulders, besides epitomizing the eternal weight and encapsulation set onto them by Mr. Dark. The sand is