Most literary works use many descriptive words to help describe settings and characters. By using many descriptive references, Whitney Otto creates vivid pictures in her novel, How to Make an American Quilt. This novel tells of the lives of a group of women and how they come together to start putting together a quilt. The story line may not excite younger audiences but they can t help but notice the descriptive words and images that the author uses. How to Make an American Quilt uses great metaphor s to explain the lives of several women.
Metaphors are a great way to express the author s thoughts in a different way.
When using metaphor the audience has a chance to try and figure out what the author is trying to say. The audience is playing an important role in deciding for themselves what they think the author is saying. Many individuals have different ideas about the character s personalities and other details that are described by using metaphors. This is one of many forms of literary technique that authors use to keep their writing style different from each other s. Each reader creates mental images of these ladies from the information that they are give by the author.