Hawthorne's Extended Rhetorical Analysis

Hawthorne uses extended metaphor to compare the U.S government to an eagle, or the eagle to the U.S government. For examples Hawthorne compares the strength and flaws of the eagle with the us government to show how similar they are. Hawthorne also uses vivid imagery to describe the physical structure and details of the eagle. For example the sharp talons and the thunder bolt design on the eagle’s breast.
In this passage from the “Custom House”, Hawthorne conveys that Salem port is nothing more than a ‘tarnished tin box” left over from the previous war with England. And Salem was at one point booming with busy with import and export businesses. But since New York and Boston had created there own system of import and export systems and building