Comparison:
Yet it’s startling how much energy shoots though her via a simple handshake: if a woodland creature could shake your hand, it might feel like this, the will of an entire forest ecosystem pouring through one being.
Reaching with a simile for a working, telling, feeling description of a handshake, writer Stephanie Zucharek helps combine theme, person, experience, and focus into one comparison. Whoa. Give that a try sometime.
Context:
Jane Fonda, at 86, is small-boned and elegant, her eyes like soft-flue-gray flannel. Yet it’s startling how much energy shoots though her via a simple handshake: if a woodland creature could shake your hand, it might feel like this, the will of an entire forest ecosystem pouring through one being.
Citation:
Zucharek, Setphanie. “Jane Fonda; Every Generation Must Join the Fight.” Time, 08 April 2024, p. 48.