" but with a roughness in her voices like a grasshopper's, which rasped his spine deliciously and sent running up his brain waves of sound which, concussing, broke" (Woolf, 22).
Virginia Woolf not only uses similes to enrich her text, but also to help remind the reader of the setting. In the novel, the characters are at a park, but are watching an aeroplane advertisement. By using a simile like a grasshopper, she helps remind the reader that they are in nature. (Edit) Nature will endure all time, while these characters are only present for a millisecond of eternity.
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and why is that nature so vital to this moment? it is an interesting idea-- just finish it off?
And another case of Woolf being used here -- yes -- how can your other annotations identify her role in all of this?
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