The Lemon Tree Billiards House Figurative Language

Mary Lascelles, a famous literary scholar once said “I suspect that Jane Austen’s practice of denying the aid of figurative language which, as much as any other habits of expression, repelled Charlotte Brontë, and has alienated other readers, conscious with a dissatisfaction with her style that they have not cared to analyze.” Therefore, when an author doesn’t use figurative language, they can alienate their readers and not describe characters, moods, or other objects nearly as well. This would lead to unhappy readers and not an effective book that would not sell a substantial amount of copies. In the stories “The lemon Tree Billiards House” by Cedric Yamanaka and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Myers, both popular short stories, the
Firstly, here’s an example of a metaphor “I was convinced Locust could make the cue ball spell his name across the green velvet sky of the pool table.” This quote is used to describe how angry Mitch felt that Locust managed such a strange wavy shot with the cue ball. Furthermore, showing the amount of pure skill Locust has at pool showing just how much time he spent in his house playing pool. Secondly, another example is a simile “The cue ball jumping over Locust’s ball like a fullback leaping over a tackler and hitting the seven into the side pocket.” In this case the simile is explaining how the cue ball leaped over the one ball clearly avoiding it hitting the seven ball into the pocket. Furthermore, it shows how excited Mitch is about the amazing shot. Finally, a third last example in “The Lemon Tree Billiards House” is another simile, “…and looked into the deep pockets like a child staring down a mysterious well.” This example describes how alien other pool tables are compared to Locust’s pool table since he hasn’t left the house in forever. These are just some examples of figurative language in this story, but there are a lot of other examples in there which is a sign of a successful