Question

Which part of this excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an example of metaphor?
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

Answer 1

any ideas? which sentence is making a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as? as a hint, metaphors are often in the form "__ is __"

Answer 2

i wanted to see what real courage is?

Answer 3

hm, not quite, it's a bit later in the sentence

"courage is a man with a gun in his hand"

Answer 4

notice how it's comparing "courage" and "man with a gun in his hand" w/o using like or as

Answer 5

yes i was about to put that thanks