All 16 Uses
metaphor
in
The Fault in Our Stars
(Edited)
- It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.
p. 20.9metaphor = symbol (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- "It's a metaphor," I said, dubious.
p. 20.9
- "It's a metaphor," he said.
p. 21.1
- You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ….
p. 21.2metaphorical = symbolic (in a manner where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- I'm a big believer in metaphor, Hazel Grace.
p. 21.5metaphor = symbolism -- where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other
- I thought maybe it was how orchestrated the whole thing had been: Augustus was amazing, but he'd overdone everything at the picnic, right down to the sandwiches that were metaphorically resonant but tasted terrible and the memorized soliloquy that prevented conversation.
p. 93.1metaphorically = symbolically (in a manner where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- It's not like I had some utterly poignant, well-lit memory of a healthy father pushing a healthy child and the child saying higher higher higher or some other metaphorically resonant moment.
p. 122.2
- He's a bit too enamored with metaphor.
p. 134.8metaphor = symbolism -- where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other
- "It's a metaphor," I explained. "He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him."
p. 146.6 *metaphor = symbol (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)editor's notes: We're accustomed to metaphors referring to the use of words as when Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage." But Hazel and Augustus often refer to objects as metaphors--in this case, Augustus' use of unlit cigarettes symbolizes the idea that he has some power over death.
- "Well, that metaphor is prohibited on today's flight," she said.
p. 146.8metaphor = symbol (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist.
p. 148.1metaphorically = symbolically (in a manner where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- I was all awash in the metaphorical resonance of the empty playground in the hospital courtyard.
p. 173.1metaphorical = symbolic (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- Nothing happens to the Dutch Tulip Man. He isn't a con man or not a con man; he's God. He's an obvious and unambiguous metaphorical representation of God, and asking what becomes of him is the intellectual equivalent of asking what becomes of the disembodied eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg in Gatsby.
p. 191.2metaphorical = symbolic (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)editor's notes: In the book, The Great Gatsby, one of the characters thinks of a fading billboard of the eyes of an optometrist, Dr. Eckleburg, as being representative of God's watchful eyes.
- Right, but surely you must have thought about what happens to them, I mean as characters, I mean independent of their metaphorical meanings or whatever.
p. 191.5metaphorical = symbolic (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- "Such a good metaphor," he mumbled.
p. 211.1metaphor = symbol (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
- And he was pretentious: Sweet Jesus Christ, that kid never took a piss without pondering the abundant metaphorical resonances of human waste production.
p. 258.6metaphorical = symbolic (where a similarity between two things is highlighted by using one of them to represent the other)
Definitions:
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(1)
(metaphor) a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is implied by using a word to refer to something it does not literally mean—as in, "All the world’s a stage."When Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players." he was not saying the world is really a stage and all people are actors. But he was pointing to the similarities he wants us to recognize.
While metaphors and similes are both techniques of figurative language. The distinction is that a simile explicitly shows that a comparison is being made, by using words such as "like" or "as". A metaphor simply substitutes words assuming the reader will understand the meaning should not be take literally. "She is like a diamond in the rough" is a simile; while "She is a diamond in the rough" is a metaphor. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)