A Tale of Two Cities

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which an author makes a comparison between two unlike things that uses no connecting words such as “like” or “as,” to create a mental picture. Below are two metaphors from the book. What people are being described b


A metaphor is a figure of speech in which an author makes a comparison between two unlike things that uses no connecting words such as “like” or “as,” to create a mental picture. Below are two metaphors from the book. What people are being described by these metaphors?

… when the gaunt scarecrows of that region… [St. Antoine]

… for the birds, fine of song and feather, took no warning…

(Book 1 Chapters 1-6)

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The first one is comparing the thin, very hungry French people who are completely nearly starving.

Without the "front part" of the first line, it sounds as if you are describing the rich and wealthy of the country who take no notice of the lives of the poor people.