Dom Casmurro 103.3 · 103.3

Comparação de aves

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Um dia, comparou -nos a aves criadas em dois vãos de telhados contíguos. Imagina o resto, as aves emplumando as asas e subindo ao céu, e o céu agora mais largo para poder contê-las também.

One day, he compared us to birds raised in two eaves of adjacent roofs. Imagine the rest: the birds feathering their wings and rising to the sky, and the sky now wider to also contain them.

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The narrator compares himself and another to birds raised in adjacent eaves.

A note on this passage

The narrator describes a comparison made by someone, likening them to birds raised in adjacent roof eaves, and invites the reader to imagine the birds growing feathers and flying into a sky that expands to hold them.

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