Find the 2 Similes?

My Father Is a Simple Man


Luis Omar Salinas





I walk to town with my father


to buy a newspaper. He walks slower


than I do so I must slow up.


The street is filled with children.


We argue about the price


of pomegranates, I convince


him it is the fruit of scholars.


He has taken me on this journey


and it's been lifelong.


He's sure I'll be healthy


so long as I eat more oranges,


and tells me the orange


has seeds and so is perpetual;


and we too will come back


like the orange trees.


I ask him what he thinks


about death and he says


he will gladly face it when


it comes but won't jump


out in front of a car.


I'd gladly give my life


for this man with a sixth


grade education, whose kindness


and patience are true . . .


The truth of it is, he's the scholar,


and when the bitter-hard reality


comes at me like a punishing


evil stranger, I can always


remember that here was a man


who was a worker and provider,


who learned the simple facts


in life and lived by them,


who held no pretense.


And when he leaves without


benefit of fanfare or applause


I shall have learned what little


there is about greatness.

Find the 2 Similes?
we too will come back


like the orange trees





the bitter-hard reality


comes at me like a punishing


evil stranger





yay!!! i found them!!
Reply:1.He has taken me on this journey


and it's been lifelong.





2......and we too will come back


like the orange trees.
Reply:like the orange trees





comes at me like a punishing
Reply:1. we will come back like the orange trees 2.when the bitter-hard realilty comes at me like a punching evil stranger.
Reply:bitter-hard reality comes at me like a punishing evil stranger





found one
Reply:we too will come back


like the orange trees.





the bitter-hard reality


comes at me like a punishing


evil stranger,
Reply:i saw "like an evil stranger", didnt see the other.
Reply:1) ...and we too will come back


like the orange trees.





2) ...and when the bitter-hard reality


comes at me like a punishing


evil stranger,
Reply:So that you can do it quickly next time:::





A similie is a comparison using the word "like" or "as."


(ex. He was as hungry as a lion)





And a metaphor is a comparison without using the word "like" or "as."


(ex. He's paper thin.)





Hope that can help you for future reference. Have a blessed day.



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