The Lost Daughters of China | Style
Figurative Language
Evans uses figurative language to explain the mysterious process of how and why adoptive parents get connected to their future daughters, who have been born on the other side of the world. She cites a Chinese story that describes how lovers are predestined to meet: a red thread connects them, no matter how far away they may be from each other.
Evans explains that the Chinese-American adoptive community considers the expression to include parents and the children they adopt. The idea of the ‘‘red thread’’ gives expression to Evans’s idea...
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