1. The Nature of Belonging
... country when migrating, and Skrzyrnecki makes a comparison using a simile between the migrants "like a homing pigeon" and "birds of passage" to show the inherent connection between cultures, serving as a point of acceptance in their chaotic lives. Skryencki then paints the powerful image of rejection using the identifiable image of a barrier because of its authoritarian implications, using the barrier as a simile for a pointing finger "and it rose up and ... place for humans" is employed to hyperbolize the alienation undergone by migrants. Miyazaki employs the extended metaphor of a bri...
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