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This is a 5 page paper discussing the metaphoric use of structures in Keri Hulme’s “The Bone People”. Throughout Keri Hulme’s “The Bone People” there are a number of structural metaphors which are significant in the strengthening of the emotional contexts of each section. In addition to the recurrence of “the tower” throughout the novel which is used for physical and psychological isolation of a character, most prominently Kerewin, there are also other structural elements which are significant and found throughout such as “the spiral”. Hulme’s introduces the structural image of the spiral early in the work when the readers find that a spiral staircase is at the center of Kerewin’s tower. The spiral is considered significant in the novel as Kerewin remembers that the old people used to use spirals in their carvings as a symbol of rebirth. It is not surprising then that for Kerewin, her life also reflects a spiral, as she circles back to rebuild her house for her own rebirth. Studying the structures throughout the novel by starting in the middle and then spiraling back towards the start of the book and then the end can be done to reflect this study of the structures and spirals throughout the work.
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strengthening of the emotional contexts of each section. In addition to the recurrence of "the tower" throughout the novel which is used for physical and psychological isolation of a character,
most prominently Kerewin, there are also other structural elements which are significant and found throughout such as "the spiral". Hulmes introduces the structural image of the spiral early in the
work when the readers find that a spiral staircase is at the center of Kerewins tower. The spiral is considered significant in the novel as Kerewin remembers that the old
people used to use spirals in their carvings as a symbol of rebirth. It is not surprising then that for Kerewin, her life also reflects a spiral, as she circles
back to rebuild her house for her own rebirth. Studying the structures throughout the novel by starting in the middle and then spiraling back towards the start of the book
and then the end can be done to reflect this study of the structures and spirals throughout the work. In the middle section of the novel, Kerewins tower is the
central part of the story reflecting the emotional and physical turmoil which is taking place around it. Kerewins life involves still the constantly spiraling story involving herself, Joe and Simon
only now an even deeper character has been introduced, Daniels, who bloody death Simon has brought into Kerewins tower house. When Simon runs to Kerewin for help after finding Daniels
dying after falling on a glass from a broken sherry bottle, Kerewin remains angry at him for stealing a knife previously from her and cannot get past this point. Her
home has physically become destroyed as well as the isolation it provided her. The isolation and safety she once felt in her tower home has been lost by the constant
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