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We Were Liars 'By E. Lockhart's Use Of Metaphors'

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In the book “we were liars”, E Lockhart uses metaphors, symbolism, and repetitions to portray the clutter that money and materialism can lead to. E. Lockhart use metaphors in her writing to imply an image to forms and feelings, she wrote :”he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gushed rhythmically from my open wound, then from my eyes, my ears, my mouth.” This quote was used to illustrate and dramatize the pain that the protagonist, Cadence Sinclaire, felt when her father abandoned her, and left her with her rich and power-hungry mother.”My heart rolled out of my ribcage” May seem very dramatic, but Emily Lockhart compares the abandon of her father, her only escape escape from her mothers perfect world, to her heart being forcefully taken away from her.”He told my mother he wasn't a Sinclair, and couldn't try to be one, any longer. (2.16)” …show more content…

Cadence says:”The house is a three-story gray Victorian. There is a turret up top and a wraparound porch. Inside, it is full of original New Yorkercartoons, family photos, embroidered pillows, small statuettes, ivory paperweights, taxidermied fish on plaques. (11.5)” The house was full of expensive status symbols that played a role in boosting the heritage of the Sinclairs. The house was filled with everything that the main character loathed. “The house is a three-story gray Victorian” expresses wealth and money. “Family photos” express the memories that she had left of the house. “original New Yorkercartoons, family photos, embroidered pillows, small statuettes, ivory paperweights, taxidermied fish on plaques” represent materialism. Cadence doesn’t want to be anything like her mother, she doesn’t need to be a reflection of her power-hungry grandfather either “We burned not a home, but a

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