Quotes from "Out of Africa"
"The colours were dry and burnt, like the colours in pottery."
Simile
The landscape is vivid and reminiscent of colours that Blixen can relate to in her everyday life.
The simile projects a feeling of the difference in the colours of the African landscape.
"In the middle of the day the air was alive over the land, like a flame burning; it scintillated, waved and shone like running water..."
Range of similes
The Variety of similes describes the air in a detailed and beautifully poetic way.
This gives the connatation of the air as truly alive in terms of its movement; Blixen also gives it human qualities therefore using techniques of personification as well.
"When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find that it is the same in all her music."
Personification
The reader feels the deep connection Blixen now has with Africa.
"Africa" as a culture and continent shares a distinctiveness that only those who have been exposed to the culture, can realise.
"What I learned from the game of the country was useful to me in my dealings with the native people."
Allegory
By understanding the customs of Kenya, Blixen could associate with the Native people affectively.
Gives the effect of understanding and insight on Blixen's feelings towards the natives.
"...I write down as accurately as possible my experiences on the farm..."
Introspection
Blixen seeks to describe her experiences truthfully.
Her work could therefore be of some "historical interest."
"The Natives were African in flesh and blood."
Metaphor
Blixen believes that the Natives are the true embodiment of Africa compared to the landscape or animals.
Gives the strong effect of the connection between the Natives and their distinctive "African" qualities.
"At times, life on the farm was very lonely, and it dripped in the stillness of the evenings when the minutes dripped from the clock, life seemed to be dripping out of you with them, just for want of white people to talk to."
Metaphor
Blixen uses metaphorical and figurative language to depict her sense of loneliness on the farm.
This connatates that Blixen despite admiring the Natives longs for people of her own kind.
"I realised how keenly the human mind yearns for geometrical figures."
Personification
Blixen, upon seeing the world from above on a flight relates this to the human desire to see fields and patches of land geometrically.
The effect is a sense of eagerness to see the world from a bird's eye view.
"It is impossible that a town will not play a part in you life.. it draws your mind to it, by a mental law of gravitation.
Introspection and metaphorical languages."
Blixen contemplates how she has been drawn to the town of Nairobi.
The reader feels once more, the strong connection and powerful feeling that Africa and the town of Nairobi have over Blixen.
Simile
The landscape is vivid and reminiscent of colours that Blixen can relate to in her everyday life.
The simile projects a feeling of the difference in the colours of the African landscape.
"In the middle of the day the air was alive over the land, like a flame burning; it scintillated, waved and shone like running water..."
Range of similes
The Variety of similes describes the air in a detailed and beautifully poetic way.
This gives the connatation of the air as truly alive in terms of its movement; Blixen also gives it human qualities therefore using techniques of personification as well.
"When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find that it is the same in all her music."
Personification
The reader feels the deep connection Blixen now has with Africa.
"Africa" as a culture and continent shares a distinctiveness that only those who have been exposed to the culture, can realise.
"What I learned from the game of the country was useful to me in my dealings with the native people."
Allegory
By understanding the customs of Kenya, Blixen could associate with the Native people affectively.
Gives the effect of understanding and insight on Blixen's feelings towards the natives.
"...I write down as accurately as possible my experiences on the farm..."
Introspection
Blixen seeks to describe her experiences truthfully.
Her work could therefore be of some "historical interest."
"The Natives were African in flesh and blood."
Metaphor
Blixen believes that the Natives are the true embodiment of Africa compared to the landscape or animals.
Gives the strong effect of the connection between the Natives and their distinctive "African" qualities.
"At times, life on the farm was very lonely, and it dripped in the stillness of the evenings when the minutes dripped from the clock, life seemed to be dripping out of you with them, just for want of white people to talk to."
Metaphor
Blixen uses metaphorical and figurative language to depict her sense of loneliness on the farm.
This connatates that Blixen despite admiring the Natives longs for people of her own kind.
"I realised how keenly the human mind yearns for geometrical figures."
Personification
Blixen, upon seeing the world from above on a flight relates this to the human desire to see fields and patches of land geometrically.
The effect is a sense of eagerness to see the world from a bird's eye view.
"It is impossible that a town will not play a part in you life.. it draws your mind to it, by a mental law of gravitation.
Introspection and metaphorical languages."
Blixen contemplates how she has been drawn to the town of Nairobi.
The reader feels once more, the strong connection and powerful feeling that Africa and the town of Nairobi have over Blixen.