Both Uses of "analogy" in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

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Both Uses

analogy
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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That certainly is a pleasant analogy, my friend.†
Chpt 5 *

analogy = a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristic
You're on our ward six hours and have already simplified all the work of Freud, Jung, and Maxwell Jones and summed it up in one analogy: it's a 'peckin' party.'†
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(1) (analogy)
a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristic

Analogies are typically used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something that is simpler or more familiar. They are also used in argument to suggest that what is true for one situation is also true in the other.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)