Belonging can also be achieved in finding a sense of community within a group, as evident in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Forrest Gump.... Using the simile "Loved his garden like an only child" also creates an emotive connection between his father and the garden. ... The similes "like a homing pigeon/circling to get its bearings" and "like birds of passage" are used to heavily express how lost the migrants feel, as they circle around and wander confused, grasping for a hope of familiarity that does not exist in this new country. ... "To Kill a ...

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