The story of liberty by julia alvarez

what traits does the character share with liberty?

The character shares the supportive attitude with liberty.

In the 'story of liberty' written by Julia Alvarez, the narrator is an unnamed fifth-grade girl. She lives in the Dominican Republic with her family. Frightened by the dictatorship rule in the island, the family tries to flee to the United States.

Meanwhile, the girl finds a dog and keeps him as a pet. Her father names him as 'Liberty', thinking him as a lucky charm to the family. She resembles Liberty in various traits like an adventurous spirit, naughtiness, trouble-making attitude, and playful nature.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.