Child of God
What metaphors are used in Child of God by Cormac McCarthy?
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People attending the auction are compared to “a caravan of carnival folk.”
The hunting dogs are a metaphor for the omen of death.
“tortured wails and yelps nigh unto agony....”
Child of God