Random Analogies
Cancer Drugs
a: Cancer ~
b: Manhattan traffic
What: "In an attempt to illustrate just how hard it is to treat cancer, New York Times biotech scribe Andrew Pollack turns to an analogy that most of his hometown readers can relate to instantly. There are so many aberrant molecules in a tumor, he writes, that blocking just one or two is like trying to stop all traffic in Manhattan with a roadblock at a single intersection."
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Writer: John Carroll
LCC: RB
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Date: Sep 3 2009 7:17 AM
# 49 Critique Analogy
Afghanistan As Mansion
a: Afghanistan ~
b: a beautiful mansion littered with garbage
What: Assef and his fellows do not see the Hazaras' lives as worthwhile; they barely see them as human. Assef tells Amir, "Afghanistan is like a beautiful mansion littered with garbage, and someone has to take out the garbage." A comment on how the different ethnic groups think about each other.
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Writer: Assef
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Date: Mar 12 2012 5:37 PM
# 1729 Critique Analogy
