The Martyr
What metaphors are used in The Martyr by Ngugi wa Thiong'o?
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The image of "the immense silhouette of Memsahib's house as large and imposing" functions as a metaphor for the "imposing" and seemingly all-powerful white colonial domination over the Gekoyo people and land.
The Martyr