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In the story "The Gift", by Louis Dollarhide, he makes use of imagery on both the human relationship with objects and . The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines "" as "1. The phenomena of the physical world as a whole . . . 2. A thing's essential qualities; a pers ....

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.... The planks of the trees sounds like they are crying in the dark. "Planks creaked and she could distinguish the sounds of object being knocked over." (Pg. 358) The planks sounds like they are scratching on the wall as if it's going to tear its way in. The acts like people around her. Another image that Dollarhide uses is the house. We quickly see how Dollarhide identifies the house as a living thing. "Now the house seemed to shudder around her like something alive." (Pg. 357) The house floats free struggles up from the clay, and swings out slowly with the pull of the river. The house protects her from the flood. To her, the house ....