"For Ms. Kamel's 12-year-old son, Haroun, the moment is etched in his mind."

— Rubin, Alissa J. and Lilia Blaise


Date
July 16, 2016
Metaphor
"For Ms. Kamel's 12-year-old son, Haroun, the moment is etched in his mind."
Metaphor in Context
It is harder for those children who witnessed the killings.

For Ms. Kamel's 12-year-old son, Haroun, the moment is etched in his mind.

"We saw it from far away, a white truck in this black night," she said. She recalled thinking that the truck did not belong there because the street was closed to traffic.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Alissa J. Rubin and Lilia Blaise, "Terror Through the Eyes of Innocents: The Children in Nice,"The New York Times (July 16, 2016). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
07/18/2016

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