To Kill a Mockingbird
Figurative Language?
What specific role does figurative language play in the novel? What would the story be like without it?
What specific role does figurative language play in the novel? What would the story be like without it?
In To Kill a Mockingbird, figurative language is utilized to convey Scout's vision of her experience. She is not narrating her story from the adult perspective, thus, use of metaphors, similes, and personification give us a glimpse of the girl..... how she thinks, her personality, and best of all, her humor.