"It was like getting her mother's pornography, that box, inheriting her drooled-upon fantasies, the endless wish and tease that had been her life."
You're Ugly, Too pg. 357
You're Ugly, Too is a hopeless story that uses similies and metaphors to accurately get its point across. The comparisons help more deeply explain things in many different contexts. One such is when the housing magazines are compared to porn- it shows how personal the magazines are. It also shows how the magazines filled the mother with longing and fantasies, which explains why Zoe may feel as if receiving the magazines was slightly embarrasing. Later, the metaphor of comparing Zoe's fear of men with a fear of bugs explains how the fear is consuming and cannot be changed- it is rooted deep in her, even if she doesn't know exactly why. Another metaphor in which Earl compares the population situation in America to that of bugs is useful as well. It helps the reader understand that Earl sees the population as insane, performing obscure sexual actions that only bugs on horomones would otherwise perform. The metaphors and in You're Ugly, Too may seem explicit, but actually help the reader understand the characters in the story.
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