The phoenix is a symbol for renewal, for life that follows death in a cleansing fire. After the city is reduced to ashes by bombers in Fahrenheit 451, Granger makes a direct comparison between human beings and the story of the phoenix.
Answer:
The simile there is found in lines 93 and 94:
And <u>as</u> a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue,
Pants to the place from whence at first she flew,
Explanation:
The writer Oliver Goldsmith likens the subject to one who returns exasperated to a location, place from where it once fled in a hurry.
The keywords there are highlighted above. Recall that a simile is a literary device wherein two subjects, two objects or an object and a subject are compared to each other using the word "as".
Similes can also be created using words such as "like", "so", "or" than".
An example of a very simple simile is:
<em>James is as sturdy as a rock.</em>
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A. Warm air rises and F. Cooler air travels back to the ocean surface
