Anonymous  +  601638 Tue, 02 Dec 08 12:54 AM Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 He exemplified true responsibility in putting his hungering dream of flight, his greatest aspiration like a seed in a peach, on hold while he raised me. is the simile clear in this sentence of my fathers dream being central in him like a seed in a peach??? Anonymous

	Grammar Geek  +  601667 Tue, 02 Dec 08 01:36 AM I'm not sure what a peach pit has to do with dreams. I'm sorry, but this metaphor misses its mark with me.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Metaphors

	jamesglick  +  601744 Tue, 02 Dec 08 03:11 AM I'm also not sure what the relationship between a peach seed and dreaming of flight have in common, but if I were to hazard a quess, I would say the dream of flight is both the quest to learn how to fly, the trials and tribulations associated with such a quest as well as the physical elevating aspect of going higher in the air. Similarly, a lot of effort and cultivation must go into turning a peach seed into a fruit bearing tree, and it too rises up physically from the earth reaching skyward upon maturity.   jamesglick Joined on Mon, Nov 24 2008 New Member 25 James Glick Author of TalkTrain

	Avangi  +  601816 Tue, 02 Dec 08 04:45 AM The thing that strikes me as manque about it is that it fails to mention the act.  You're trying to describe your father's unselfish act.  He put the dream somewhere deep within himself, to mature at a later time.  After he has made that sacrifice, you might say the dream within him remains germinal; but this could be true of all dreams, regardless of their origin. The sacrificial act which you call attention to in the beginning is not represented in your simile.  Who puts the seed into the peach?  God?  Your father is supposed to be the peach, right? Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,207 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier