Read the excerpt from flannery o’connor’s “the life you save may be your own.” the ugly words settled in mr. shiftlet’s head like a group of buzzards in the top of a tree. the simile in this excerpt compares

the simile in this excerpt compares the ugly words with buzzards.

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech in which two things that we usually not similar, are compared, with the function of create an image and help understand a point. In the given excerpt we can see the comparison between the words Mr. Shiftlet's has in his head, and a group of buzzards, and it creates the image of the ugly words posed in his head as the buzzards on the three.

The ugly words to a group of buzzards

Further Explanation:

“The life you save may be your own” is a short story that is written by American author Flannery O’ Connor and it belongs to the collection of 10 stories from a book named, “A Good man is hard to find”. It was published in the year 1955. It is a story of an elderly woman and her daughter who sit quietly on their porch at Sunset and further in the story, the writer reveals that the daughter is deaf and mute, When Mr. Shiftlet comes up walking towards their farm, the mother of the daughter views Shiftlet as ‘a tramp’.

Just as in other stories by the same author, “The life you save may be your own” is a story of a malevolent stranger who intrudes upon the lives of the other people and their family and it has destructive consequences. The above excerpt in the question tells about the mention of a smile in that and it is compared to the ugly words to a group of buzzards.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Flannery O’ Connor

Subject: English

Keywords: Flannery O’ Connor, Shiftlet, Buzzards, Deaf, mute, Elderly, Published, malevolent, Porch, Consequences.  

the answer a: perseverance !