Look Back in Anger
What metaphors are used in Look Back in Anger by John Osborne?
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"People like me don't get fat. I've tried to tell you before. We just burn everything up."
The word "burn" has a double meaning in this way; on the one hand it is meant to represent a burning of physical, bodily energy. On the other hand, it is meant to convey destruction -- how Jimmy's frenetic quest for real life destroys the lives of those to whom he is closest.