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finding metaphors in Richard Connell's - The Most Dangerous Game - am I understanding this?

Hello, I am trying to find and understand the metaphors in the short
story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.

Yes, I have an college assignment about it. I am not looking for
someone to do it for me, I am looking for people to check me to see if
I am finding and understanding the metaphors and if I understand them
or not.


This link goes to the entire story:

http://eserver.org/fiction/the_most_dangerous_game.html


according to Merriam-Webster....

Main Entry: met·a·phor

Pronunciation: 'me-t&-"for also -f&r
Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English methaphor, from Middle French or Latin;
Middle French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, from
metapherein to transfer, from meta- + pherein to bear -- more at BEAR

1 : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one
kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a
likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly :
figurative language -- compare SIMILE

2 : an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor : SYMBOL 2
- met·a·phor·ic  /"me-t&-'for-ik, -'fär-/ or
met·a·phor·i·c
al
/-i-k&l/ adjective
- met·a·phor·i·cal·ly  /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb


Here I pasted the paragraph, then I pick out which I think is the
metaphor and try to explain the metaphor.

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Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his
favorite brier. The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him." It's
so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the
night would be my eyelids--"

the night would be my eyelids

is describing the night as his eyelids, since he is so relaxed, the
night could o serve duty as his eyelids

----------

Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford
sighted the lights. He came upon them as he turned a crook in the coast
line; and his first thought was that be had come upon a village, for
there were many lights. But as he forged along he saw to his great
astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building--a lofty
structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom. His eyes
made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a
high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea
licked greedy lips in the shadows.

the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows <- since the sea does not
have lips, this line is assiging this element to the sea to explain in
what way the sea is behaving upon the rocks. I think.

----------

The menacing look in the eyes did not change. The revolver pointing as
rigidly as if the giant were a statue. He gave no sign that he
understood Rainsford's words, or that he had even heard them. He was
dressed in uniform--a black uniform trimmed with gray astrakhan.

as if the giant were a statue  <- there is no giant, but a large man...
he is no statue but he has the qualities of one as he stands very
still.

----------

The general filled both glasses, and said, "God makes some men poets.
Some He makes kings, some beggars. Me He made a hunter. My hand was
made for the trigger, my father said. He was a very rich man with a
quarter of a million acres in the Crimea, and he was an ardent
sportsman. When I was only five years old he gave me a little gun,
specially made in Moscow for me, to shoot sparrows with. When I shot
some of his prize turkeys with it, he did not punish me; he
complimented me on my marksmanship. I killed my first bear in the
Caucasus when I was ten. My whole life has been one prolonged hunt. I
went into the army--it was expected of noblemen's sons--and for a time
commanded a division of Cossack cavalry, but my real interest was
always the hunt. I have hunted every kind of game in every land. It
would be impossible for me to tell you how many animals I have killed."

my whole life has been one prolonged hunt. <- is this a metaphor or
merely a statement? he is applying the thinking of a hunt to his entire
life. I *think* it s but I could be wrong.


----------

He nodded toward the corner to where the giant stood, scowling, his
thick arms crossed on his hogshead of chest.  <--- a hogshead is a
large barrel, so this metaphor is describing the size and shape of
Ivan's chest. also the giant metaphor again, implies his size and what
he looks like, implying a menacing demeanor.

----------

I imagine there are other metaphors in this story... but I am curious
if I am on the correct track with my thinking and understanding of what
a metaphor is?

Thank you for any further explanation about metaphors.

Again, I am not trying to get anyoen to do my assignment, I am trying
to ascertain if I am understanding metaphors and doign my assignment
correctly.

thank you.

-W

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