MD3PAD 490-492
Toby G Levy
tobylevy at juno.com
Fri Jun 30 08:58:16 CDT 2006
A gigantic golem approaches the inn and Dixon asks Tox if he has
summoned it with his poetry, but Tox says it comes in defense of liberty
when it chooses. They can see only the huge feet of the golem through
the windows of the inn.
Chapter 51 begins on page 491. Dixon starts wearing a coonskin
cap and Mason thinks that it is Dixon's real hair. Dixon teases Mason,
provoking panic from him before revealing he was only joking.
vw#108: Metonymy - A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is
substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the
use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for
military power.
Mason gets back at Dixon by pulling tricks on him when Dixon
falls asleep at inappropriate times.
Toby
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