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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???

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure what a peach pit has to do with dreams. I'm sorry, but this metaphor misses its mark with me.

Jamesglick · Answer

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.

Avangi · Answer

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? ***? Your father is supposed to be the peach, right?

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