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Pages 52-54

Pages 52-54. Unusual beauty redolent with an exotic fagrance. This metaphor refers to the shape of the 4 characters Ba-Er-Za-Ke The writer uses this metaphor to show the delight of just reading the title of the book. “redolent with an exotic fagrance ”

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  1. Pages 52-54

  2. Unusual beauty redolent with an exotic fagrance • This metaphor refers to the shape of the 4 characters Ba-Er-Za-Ke • The writer uses this metaphor to show the delight of just reading the title of the book. “redolent with an exotic fagrance” • The quote also shows the wild and excitable passion which is barely uncontrollable.

  3. Sensual as the perfume wreathing a wine stored for centuries in a cellar. • The quote is a hyperbole • The word “wreathing wine” in this book is comparing the book as a valuable golden treasure which they taste on the first time • Also the phrase sensual as perfume foreshadows a romantic relationship.

  4. ‘Suddenly I felt a stab of jealousy’ p54 • Metaphor referring to the pain. • It shows how much more emotional the narrator’s love is towards the Little Chinese Seamstress compared to Luo’s more physical love. • Even though the friendship between the narrator and Luo is very strong the narrator wants to do things that their friendship limits.

  5. ‘Falling headling into a story of awakening desire, passion, impulsive action, love…’ p53 • This shows the power of literature in the novel. The narrator lives another life inside the books. • The narrator is in love with the western literature even though it is strictly forbidden to even own them.

  6. ‘Luo started reading the book the very same night that Four-Eyes lent it to us,…’ • This shows the passion they both had in the western literature. • It also shows how deep in love they both are with the book. They both want to read it, but they both also want to tell the story to the Little Chinese Seamstress.

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