Question

“ The world has lost its boundary lines. My mother, who is small and soft what’s now the strength of the family; my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child. Everything was suddenly out of tune, like a broken accordion. Where did I fit into this crazy picture?”
Identify an example of figurative language used in this paragraph and discuss its meaning and impact

Answer 1

Everything was suddenly out of tune, like a broken accordion.
Nothing was making sense, the pieces didn't fit. Everything was out of place.