Metaphor

I learned about the difference between metaphor and simile in the class. Actually, I like reading both of metaphor and simile! These expressions stir my imaginations. These words remind me a writer. He is Haruki Murakami.

Firstly, Haruki Murakami is famous for metaphor. He uses many metaphors in his novels. I think his novels are metaphor itself. I mean, almost all parts of his novels are metaphors. I like the way he compares something to something. For examples, here is the book which I love the best; “Sputnik Sweetheart.”

This book starts with a long part of metaphor.

“In the spring of her 22nd year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains - flattening everything in its path, tossing things up in the air, ripping them to shreds, crushing them to bits. The tornado's intensity doesn't abate for a second as it blasts across the ocean, laying waste to Angkor Wat, incinerating an Indian jungle, tigers and all, transforming itself into a Persian desert sandstorm, burying an exotic fortress city under a sea of sand. In short, a love of truly monumental proportions.”

What do you think about it? Maybe he uses metaphors too much? However, this part is interesting, so, we will find that the rest of this book would be interesting.

In conclusion, I found that metaphor is used to make us understand easily. However, it is also used to make the text more interesting.