"His thoughts on his back porch surrounded him like a carpet of mice, immobilizing him via his unwillingness to cause them pain. The mice of introspection were as effective as any buffalo herd."
— Zink, Nell (b. 1964)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harper Collins
Date
2015
Metaphor
"His thoughts on his back porch surrounded him like a carpet of mice, immobilizing him via his unwillingness to cause them pain. The mice of introspection were as effective as any buffalo herd."
Metaphor in Context
Lee was not that observer. His thoughts on his back porch surrounded him like a carpet of mice, immobilizing him via his unwillingness to cause them pain. The mice of introspection were as effective as any buffalo herd. He was strong, and the energy that kept him motionless was his own. Expending it on self-defeat exhausted him every day.
(p. 86)
(p. 86)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Nell Zink, Mislaid (New York: Harper Collins, 2015).
Date of Entry
01/08/2016
