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The current trend in writing is to tread carefully when using figurative language because descriptions may be offensive, such as comparing people with foods. So, even though my complexion is cappuccino and my eyes are almond-shaped, I\u2019m not allowed to say that; even about my own self. It\u2019s considered feeding a stereotype. In the Caribbean, we often made jokes by claiming, \u201cI\u2019m not really brown, I just stayed in the sun too long.\u201d\u00a0 Or, \u201cMy hair\u2019s not really kinky, it\u2019s the humidity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From time immemorial, (I\u2019m not really saying that time is old. Experienced perhaps?), people have been all colors, shapes, and sizes. Writers, artists and photographers capture what they see. Okay, maybe some artists were punished if the sovereign didn\u2019t like how they were depicted, but a photo doesn\u2019t lie. Yeah, that\u2019s really you. Though nowadays you can doctor it up in photoshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would seem that one may no longer describe characters as \u2018cute as a button,\u2019 \u2018cool as a cucumber,\u2019 \u2018mean as a junkyard dog,\u2019 \u2018thick as thieves\u2019, or \u2018slow as molasses.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although, I don\u2019t think the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz would be offended if I called him a stuffed shirt \u2018cause he was. And Jacob Marley will forever remain \u2018as dead as a doornail.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we order coffee, do we no longer ask for a \u2018short\u2019 or \u2018tall\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The characters writers create are fictional. Figurative Language: metaphors, similes and personification, show the reader how the character perceives themselves and\/or how they are perceived by others. All of which help the reader to understand the conflicts and motivations in their lives that cause them to act as they do. Descriptive language is also the artistic palette that allows readers to see the characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mirror, mirror on the wall. We are who we are. When did we become so sensitive and easily offended?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our overzealousness to be politically and diversely correct, we risk creating flat, unrealistic and unbelievable characters that by page five are dead on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I wonder who is this collective that wants to do away with metaphors, similes and personification? As in the Wizard of Oz, I would like to draw back the curtain to reveal the \u2018all-powerful\u2019 entity controlling the literary world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care what anyone says, the truth is the truth. My grandfather was black as tar, my father thin as six o\u2019clock, my best-friend cackled like a chicken, my aunt nattered like a monkey, my uncle snored like a chainsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the world really is round, no matter how flat \u2018they\u2019 think it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you next time on August 22nd<\/sup>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veronica Jorge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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