The world had lost its boundary lines. my mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family; my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child. everything was suddenly out of tune, like a broken accordion. where did i fit into this crazy picture?

identify an example of figurative language used in this paragraph and in about 75-100 words, discuss its meaning and impact.

returning points to main

explanation:

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.