Thursday, August 2, 2012

Post #15: Hyperbole

Chapter 8

"Dresden was like the moon now, nothing but minerals." (page 178)

Vonnegut uses this hyperbole to exaggerate the destruction of Dresden.  The saying "Dresden was like the moon" is used to explain the utter nothingness and lack of life after the bombing.  This overstatement makes a greater effect in imagining the desolation of the destroyed city.

             

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