Use Of Figurative Language In Eyes Of Zapata

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Have you heard about Emiliano Zapata? Emiliano Zapata was a general in the Revolutionary War in México. Sandra Cisneros uses figurative language to convey her perspective about war like imagery, similes and metaphors. One of the figurative languages that Cisneros uses is imagery. The text " Eyes of Zapata” Is about Ines who is the wife of Emiliano Zapata. She talks about how because of this war she has to do the work she didn't have to do when her husband was there. Ines Talks about how worn out her hands are now that her husband is at war. In the text it says “Elegant hands, graceful hands, fingers smelling sweet. I had pretty hands remember?”(1) This illustrates that when her husband was at war she had to do the things that she didn't