An extended metaphor

The extended metaphor in “Four Skinny Trees” is that she compares herself and her family to trees. She feels like she doesn’t have the best family but they are enough. “Skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine”. The “trees” are not the best trees out there, her family is not the best family but she likes them. “They are the only ones who understand me”. They understand her and they are enough for each other. The Theme in “Four Skinny Trees” is that you should be happy with what you have and find the positive things in them. The metaphor and the Theme work because the speaker explains how she cares for her family.The metaphor works because the speaker of the story is finding the best things in her family and is happy that she has them unlike Nenny in the Story. She shows that she is thankful for them because she says that her sister doesn’t care. “But Nenny just sleeps and doesn’t appreciate these things.

 

Mark