Figurative Language In Superheroes

Being invisible from the world is nearly impossible, but a man, an invisible man named Griffin did the impossible and survived. Is biomedical advancement such as being invisible dangerous to both society and individuals? Some biomedical advancements are absolutely dangerous to everyone and even a society. In the book, ‘The Invisible Man’ written by H.G. Wells, Griffin a scientist did something virtually impossible, Griffin turned himself invisible. Throughout the book, Griffin learns to survive being invisible, but being invisible has costly consequences. Griffin uses the powers he has to the extreme, giving terror to Iping(the city he lives in) and the whole society. Mankind is Griffin’s target; hurt everyone he comes in contact with. Griffin goes wandering through the city of Iping, he hides and kills several innocent civilians.Griffin is a major danger to the society itself. While being invisible is really extraordinary this man is now invisible from the world, invisible from mankind and practically invisible from everything.

In the passage, “Superman and Me” Sherman Alexie explains to the readers the life of an Indian and how he defeats and tries to help others defeat the stereotype of an Indian. As a kid, Sherman Alexie dealt with stereotypes about reading and writing based upon the values of his tribe; however, he taught himself how to read from Superman comic books. Throughout the text, he uses figurative language, and quotes that mean way more that what they look like when you read them. One quote that really stood out was, “ I throw my weight against their locked doors. The door holds.

This song also has merit with its many examples of figurative language. Including alliteration (“What I never did is done”(7:2)), a simile (“green as the ring on my little cold finger” (5:2)), a metaphor (“...boy here….says he’ll love me forever” (5:5)), and a hyperbole(“Gather

When we are still children, running around the playground with our friends, our goals in life and what we want to be when we grow up are much different than later in life. We want to me mermaids, princesses, astronauts. When we get older though our values change. Instead of going after what our heart really wants to do, we go after the jobs that offer the biggest paycheck. Our culture’s minds have been warped and bent towards the desire to have a bigger house, a cooler car, and fancier clothes. We put what we think is right in our minds over what we truly love to do deep down in our hearts. The novel Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, is about a sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, who has been given his death sentence. He reconnects with his former student and current sports journalist, Mitch Albom, to try to remold his mind like soft clay to resist the pull of money and fame that today’s society provides. In this story, the author uses descriptive language, figurative language, and repetition for effect, to capture the theme that money will never

Simile, metaphor, and personification are some of the figurative language elements that are used to impact the reader more deeply in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. First of all, there are several similes that is presented throughout the story which allows the audience to create a mental image using words. One of the many similes includes Liesel whispering "His hair is like feathers" (216). She is comparing Max Vandenburg's hair to feathers. This later influenced Max to write the book The Standover Man, where he drew himself as a bird. Metaphors also played an important role in the book. When Max finally wakes up after three days, "...his eyes were swampy and brown. Thick and heavy" (206). Death is implying that Max has brown eyes like swamps,

‘The Incredibles’ is an animated Pixar movie that focuses on two of Metroville’s superheroes who are married-- Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl (add more) The government creates a law stating that ALL superpower activities are prohibited. Consequently, they are obligated to conform to a “normal life” in their society and wind up assimilating to suburban life with their children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. After 15 years of living as a civilian and insurance claims specialist, Mr. Incredible decides to take advantage of the opportunity to live the life of a superhero proposed by a mysterious informant. However, it turns out to be a set-up by an adversary who once idolized him in his years as an adolescent. It’s up to his family to save him and the world from any danger that stands before them. In the movie, there are numerous ways the characters are portrayed as based on their ethnicity and power. The film ‘The Incredibles’ depict and display societal issues through the family’s inherited super powers, stereotypes in the movie, and what society defines a hero as.

Many different forms of figurative language I used throughout the story to exhilarate the irony. The opening description of Ethan is full of ironic expressions. Figurative language is also used to the describe reactions to events in the story. The author is very descriptive in this short story. The use of figurative language aids in description of events, the setting, mood, and characters’ appearance and response. Edith Wharton, the author, use of literary devices allows the story to come alive and to also require the reader to think deeply about the true meanings.

Your first thought is the love between the couple is toxic and lethal yet, he cannot resist his partner. But, really it is a reference to Cocaine. Cocaine is given a female voice. He uses personification by bringing the drug to life, where it can communicate with him and become part of his life. He knows that this “girl” meaning, Cocaine is going to be the death of him. While in use of Cocaine he gets numb. “But at least we’ll both be beautiful and stay forever young/ This I know, (yeah) this I know” (3-4). You say again, that he is singing about how the love is so very satisfying. But he is actually meaning that his desire for this young and beautiful woman makes him feel good. He feels as if he is invincible when he has her. Even though he seems to be aware of the consequences that come with feeling young and beautiful; with the use of Cocaine. “She told me, ‘Don’t worry about it.’/ She told me, ‘Don’t worry no more.’/ We both knew we can’t go without it/ She told me you’ll

The use of a metaphor in the 17th line “But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other” means not overcoming the poverty and poor treatment from police, and unless everyone is treated well then no

In Steelheart, Brandon Sanderson delivers the robust concluding lines, “I’ve seen Steelheart bleed. And i will see him bleed again” (Sanderson 9). These last two brief, seemingly trivial sentences, conceal this whole literary work within them. A young boy has witnessed his father be killed by the very being who was thought to protect them. With this slender feeling of hope essentially crushed from his very being, David, is the only living testimony to know this villain’s weakness. And with this information, he vows to seek retribution. The basis of this story was really compelling to me because of the incorporation of vivid imagery and descriptive figurative language, which allowed me to connect with the characters. Although not being able to completely resonate with this story, I have encountered the feeling of revenge, which was clearly foreseen within this writing and deeply empathetic.

In stanza six, we see the end of visiting hour, and the persona’s loss of control as he is overran with emotion. The phrase, “black figure in her white cave” creates an image of an intruder in her sanctuary. The black and white contrast suggests he is a shadow of his former self and also that he is trying to detach himself. The phrase, “clumsily rises” gives connotations of his state as he is physically affected by his feeling of loss. Furthermore, “swimming waves of a bell” is a metaphor which has connotations of water. This is used to illustrate that he is drowning in the realisation that she is dying. Finally, “fruitless fruits” is an oxymoron used to reinforce that there is no hope or going back, for her.

No matter what lifestyle you’re born into you can still be a better person. Some people are born into terrible lives and some lives become worse. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton most of the gang’s lives become worse. The gang faces the other gang and murder takes over gang member’s lives. They face other gang’s and the police. They even face the chance of death and their own families not caring. However, even with all of these issues so to speak, the gang still sticks together and lives their same lifestyle. In The Outsiders the author uses figurative language, both sides of the characters, and a lot of description to show how the characters still push on through tough times.

The first song, Roar, relies heavily on figurative language to deliver its message. The three main types of figurative language the song uses includes Simile, Hyperbole, and Metaphor. The type of figurative language that makes up the largest part of the song is Metaphor. These lines really tell the overall story of this song, which is about someone overcoming the struggles and abuse they have faced in their situation and becoming their own champion and hero. To illustrate, each choir in the song includes the same words;

The second phrase tells that if you were a smart or clever kid, then people would hate you, and if you were a dumb fool everybody would despise you. This despises and hate comes from the fact, that kids of the working class were accepted by the other kids if they were different. If the kids were not like the others they would faster become outcasts, and then in the end maybe go down mentally (3rd phrase). And the 3rd verse had 3 more phrases:

In this research, the researcher discusses the figurative language based on Perrine’s perception. According to Perrine (1977:61-109), figurative language consists of 12 kinds, they are: simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, allegory, paradox, hyperbole/overstatement, understatement, and irony.