"DeYoung rummaged through his mental attic to figure out why."

— Blake, John


Author
Date
2014
Metaphor
"DeYoung rummaged through his mental attic to figure out why."
Metaphor in Context
DeYoung rummaged through his mental attic to figure out why. The answer humbled him. He was a man who grew up buying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches and watching his father pastor a multiracial church, but he unearthed something ugly.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
John Blake, "When You're the Only White Person in the Room," CNN (September 11, 2014). <Link to cnn.com>
Date of Entry
09/12/2014

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.