Analogy

"Well," I said. "a plane is sort of like a tricycle. The joystick works the same way." this could be, i guess, described as an analogy. Though i got sort of confused what they were even talking about (which happens in this book no thanks to the old english diction and the fact that the author doesnt bother to mention who is talking half the time so you really have to pay attention to the dialogue). I know, atleast, that the men were discussing Jakes injury. I think that Hemingway chose to talk about it in this way for two reasons. First of all, because of the nature of the injury it is just easier to talk around the subject rahter than to be blunt about it. Secondly because i dont think he really wanted to say what the injury was in the first place. I believe Hemingway left that up for the reader to determine (which like i said before, i wonder if i would have figured it out). Using these different analogies and symbols the men briefly joke about Jakes injury which apparently doesnt bother him much anymore. Ithink that is probably the weirdest part of the story- Jake acts like he doesnt care about his inury yet it is the only thing that stands between him and Brett.