Figurative Language In Nick C. Vaca's 'Martin'
Don’t judge a book by its cover when you haven’t know all sides. This is what Vaca learned the hard way through her experiences in “Martin” by Nick C. Vaca. Vaca saw a boy who was “living” the life eating whatever he wanted. Their initials perceptions changed how they treated him from then on. To Vaca’s surprise all of his impression were wrong showed by his use of figurative language. Vaca’s view affected on how he treated others, but soon found out his views were flawed.
The reactions to Martin don’t paint a good perception of it which affects the way they treat him. As read in the text, they describe their feelings about Martin,” It was his enormous belly that caused us to immediately dislike him,” (Vaca par. 8). As described, they didn’t
like their first thought of seeing Martin with that massive belly. They only knew the concept of that people with big bellies meant they ate well. Vaca’s family on the other hand, hand no food and nothing to eat, so they got jealous of the food Martin suppolsenly ate. Later, Martin did a friendly gesture by throwing a clod,” He missed, and he had made a terrible mistake which he had given us a reason to hurt him and his belly,” (Vaca par. 9). To elaborate, their initial perceptions made them turn this friendly gesture into a serious confrontation. This leads them to hurt Martin because how mad they were of how “well” he was eating. Perspectives may lie, but reality doesn’t which would hit Vaca like a truck.
Vaca expression changes of Martin which is seen by the use of Vaca’s figurative language. At the end of the story, Vaca finally goes to see what Martin has been eating to make him so fat which were “a small stack of corn tortillas and a glass of water,” (Vaca par. 13). Surprisingly, this was the food being eaten by Martin which lead Vaca to feel sorry for him. Not only did he eat poorly, but earlier that day was beaten up by Vaca and his friends. This could drastically change his impression of Vaca for good. Beforehand, Vaca had found it weird and slowly came to realization of his big belly, “Yet, strangely enough, right in the middle of this thin and frail body was an enormous belly, as big as the basketball with which we played,” (Vaca par. 8). Vaca uses figurative language to give a foreshadow of him becoming aware of the situation with Vaca at the end of the story. Vaca explains him very skinny, but with a large belly. This would lead to his realization later of why he was that. Appearances aren’t what matter in expression of others, its what others do to fight for life.
To sum it all up, Vaca judges Martin by its cover, but she then realizes she was mistaken. Vaca sees Martin as a wealthy person who eats whatever he wants. Vaca treats him as a bad person for not sharing or giving to anyone else. Vaca then realizes her mistake in thinking of Martin like that which is supported by various uses of figurative language. When judging a book is the same as judging a person, you need to know every aspect of that person, then finally you can make your analysis.
The reactions to Martin don’t paint a good perception of it which affects the way they treat him. As read in the text, they describe their feelings about Martin,” It was his enormous belly that caused us to immediately dislike him,” (Vaca par. 8). As described, they didn’t
like their first thought of seeing Martin with that massive belly. They only knew the concept of that people with big bellies meant they ate well. Vaca’s family on the other hand, hand no food and nothing to eat, so they got jealous of the food Martin suppolsenly ate. Later, Martin did a friendly gesture by throwing a clod,” He missed, and he had made a terrible mistake which he had given us a reason to hurt him and his belly,” (Vaca par. 9). To elaborate, their initial perceptions made them turn this friendly gesture into a serious confrontation. This leads them to hurt Martin because how mad they were of how “well” he was eating. Perspectives may lie, but reality doesn’t which would hit Vaca like a truck.
Vaca expression changes of Martin which is seen by the use of Vaca’s figurative language. At the end of the story, Vaca finally goes to see what Martin has been eating to make him so fat which were “a small stack of corn tortillas and a glass of water,” (Vaca par. 13). Surprisingly, this was the food being eaten by Martin which lead Vaca to feel sorry for him. Not only did he eat poorly, but earlier that day was beaten up by Vaca and his friends. This could drastically change his impression of Vaca for good. Beforehand, Vaca had found it weird and slowly came to realization of his big belly, “Yet, strangely enough, right in the middle of this thin and frail body was an enormous belly, as big as the basketball with which we played,” (Vaca par. 8). Vaca uses figurative language to give a foreshadow of him becoming aware of the situation with Vaca at the end of the story. Vaca explains him very skinny, but with a large belly. This would lead to his realization later of why he was that. Appearances aren’t what matter in expression of others, its what others do to fight for life.
To sum it all up, Vaca judges Martin by its cover, but she then realizes she was mistaken. Vaca sees Martin as a wealthy person who eats whatever he wants. Vaca treats him as a bad person for not sharing or giving to anyone else. Vaca then realizes her mistake in thinking of Martin like that which is supported by various uses of figurative language. When judging a book is the same as judging a person, you need to know every aspect of that person, then finally you can make your analysis.