French uses lots of figurative language to describe the scenery of Martin’s journey. For example ‘it was like a forest of long legs without any knees, and leafy underpants above.p27. …show more content…
For example on page 186 Martin says ‘ I won't be sorry. I'm part of this place now. I'll have to learn, though. Will you teach me, Ted? About this place? About how to keep it safe?’ This clearly states that Martin wanted to keep the land and stay there until he does the same to his son of grandson. Also on page 184 Martin also wants to stay because he gets to walk the boundaries each year and see Meg and Wullamudulla.
The the book walking the boundaries the author Jackie French uses lots of figurative language like similes and metaphors to describe the scenery and the charters in the book. In body paragraph two it shows the similes describing the scenery of Martin’s journey around the boundaries. In paragraph three it shows the similes and metaphors of the characters in the book. And in paragraph four it shows how Martin changes his