Why did Charles Dickinson put metaphors in Christmas Carol?
First, it’s Dickens–not Dickenson. For the same reason other authors use metaphors to clarify, to entertain, to…well I got this off of an on line creative writing site: Why use metaphors? They enliven ordinary language. People get so accustomed to using the same words and phrases over and over, and always in the same ways, that they no longer know what they mean. Creative writers have the power to make the ordinary strange and the strange ordinary, making life interesting again. They are generous to readers and listeners; they encourage interpretation. When readers or listeners encounter a phrase or word that cannot be interpreted literally, they have to think–or rather, they are given the pleasure of interpretation. If you write “I am frustrated” or “The air was cold” you give your readers nothing to do–they say “so what?” On the other hand, if you say, “My ambition was Hiroshima, after the bombing,” your readers can think about and choose from many possible meanings. They are mo
