"In her mind's eye she saw it, saw it all at last."
— Cronin, Justin
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Random House
Date
2010
Metaphor
"In her mind's eye she saw it, saw it all at last."
Metaphor in Context
In her mind's eye she saw it, saw it all at last: the rolling armies and the flames of battle; the graves and pits and dying cries of a hundred million souls; the spreading darkness, like a black wing stretching over the earth; the last, bitter hours of cruelty and sorrow, and terrible, final flights; death's dominion over all, and, at the last, the empty cities, becalmed by the silence of a hundred years. Already these things were coming to pass. Lacey wept some more. Because, sitting on the curb in Memphis, Tennessee, she saw Amy too; her Amy, whom Lacey could not save, as she could not save herself. Amy, time-stilled and nameless, wandering the forgotten, lightless world forever, alone and voiceless, but for this:
What I am, what I am, what I am
(p. 105)
What I am, what I am, what I am
(p. 105)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in The Passage at amazon.com
Citation
Justin Cronin. The Passage. New York: Random house, 2010.
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
06/29/2010
