Question

Explain what Pirsig meant with his river metaphor in paragraph 16.

Answer 1

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It is only possible to analyze and describe the meaning of the metaphor by reading the text. However, I can inform you that a metaphor is a figure of speech that presents the comparison between two elements that have a certain relationship. This comparison causes one element to transfer its meaning to the other element. An example of this is the phrase "that boy is a monster" where the terms "boy" and "monster" are compared, but the term "monster" transfers its meaning to the term "boy", conveying the meaning that the boy is unpleasant, violent and frightening. To answer your question, you need to identify the metaphor and be able to make that kind of association between the two terms compared.