FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE passage on page #25 PASSAGE # 4

Walter looked as if he had been raised on fish food: his eyes, as blue as Dill Harris's, were red rimmed and watery. There was no color in his face except at the tip of his nose, which was moistly pink. He fingered the straps of his overalls, nervously picking at the metal hooks.
In this passage Scout describes the look on Walter's face. He has gotten her into trouble so she beats him up. In the middle of beating up Walter her brother Jem comes and tells her to stop. She uses a simile. A simile is when you compare two unlike things using the words like or as. In the first sentence she uses as. She says he looks like he only eats fish food. This simile is showing how poor and skinny Walter looks. This is a signifigant passage because the author is showing the poor people of Scout's town.
Fish food is not regular food, and humans would not be able to survive on it. Walter must be really skinny looking, like he dosen't get alot of meals at home. If he does the aren't big meals. Also there is no color in his face as if he's sick but his family can't afford a doctor visit or medicine.

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