"The memory branded itself on his brain: the gales of laughter, everyone offering him their cookies, the slave woman with her eyes on the floor."

— Zink, Nell (b. 1964)


Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper Collins
Date
2015
Metaphor
"The memory branded itself on his brain: the gales of laughter, everyone offering him their cookies, the slave woman with her eyes on the floor."
Metaphor in Context
Everybody turned to laugh at Byrdie. The memory branded itself on his brain: the gales of laughter, everyone offering him their cookies, the slave woman with her eyes on the floor.
(p. 27)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Nell Zink, Mislaid (New York: Harper Collins, 2015).
Date of Entry
01/08/2016

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